Earl's Pearls

Do not follow where the pay may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

There ain’t no success that compensates for failure in the home.

A head full of knowledge and not doing anything about it is about the same as strapping a bunch of books on a donkey’s back.

Most folks act first, then think afterwards – that is, they think less of consequences than excuses. Others don’t think at all.

Thinking is easier than action. To put your thoughts into action is one of the world’s most difficult tasks.

I don’t like to be around folks who agree with everything I say.

I can always flee temptation, but I must be leaving my “forwarding address.”

MONEY might well be a stupid measure of achievement, but unfortunately it is the only universal measurement we have.

Don’t blindly follow heroes. The crowd that follows with admiration would run with the same eagerness if the hero were marching to the guillotine.

If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.

To be able to speak in four languages is an asset. But to be able to hold your tongue in one is priceless.

When I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think that there are no little things. ~ Bruce Barton

If talking gently at plants helps them grow better, then how come yelling at weeds don’t slow ‘em down?

If you want to avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. A little experience usually upsets a lot of theory.

I try to keep away from people who belittle my ambitions. Small people do that. Great people help you feel you too can be great.

Most people you hire claim to have “20 years of experience” when really they have one year of experience TWENTY TIMES!

The People to get even with are the ones who have helped you.

Ask a woman how she stubbed her toe, and she’ll say she walked into a chair. Ask a man and he’ll say, “Somebody left a chair in the middle of the room.”

The only good thing about politicians is they can’t all get elected.

“When I do good, I feel good. When I don’t do good, I don’t feel good.” ~ Abe Lincoln

At no ages is a person safe in departing from fundamental laws of cause and effect.

The drip usually ain’t where the leak is.

Some folks can’t help being one hammer short in the tool chest, but ignorance is a voluntary misfortune.

The folks that get ahead do it because they have strong points…not because they lack faults.

Give me more than I expect, and I’ll give you more than you expect.

Watch your work – not the clock.

Don’t lie. It wastes your time and mine. And I’ll catch you anyway.

Don’t steal for me. If you do, you’d steal FROM me

If you do only half as much as expected, you’ll last only half as long as expected.

Everybody’s got a right to their own opinion, but there ain’t nobody that’s got a right to be wrong about the FACTS they present.

Smart folks learn to itch where they can scratch.

We only live once, but if you figure your stuff out, once is enough.

When I’m writing or speaking, I often quote myself. It adds a little spice.

Folks who aren’t reliable are useless.

A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Action makes more fortunes than caution.

Plans, philosophies, formulas, projects, programs are all inert until ACTION infuses them with power.

“DEFINITENESS of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.” ~ Napoleon Hill

“ALMOST” never killed a fly.