"The
foundation stones of honesty, character, faith, integrity, love,
and loyalty are necessary for a balanced success that includes
health, wealth, and happiness. As you go onward and upward in
life, you will discover that if you compromise any of these
principles you will end up with only a beggar's portion of what
life has to offer. If you use dishonesty, deceit, or fraud,
you might acquire money, but you will have fewer real friends
and little peace of mind. That is not success. (I agree with
the wit who said, "You climb the highest by staying on the level.")
The man who earns a million but destroys his health in the process
is not really a success. The corporate executive who alienates
his family in his climb to the top is not a success. He can't
take it with him and to whom is he going to leave it? The longer
I live and the more successful people I meet, the more convinced
I become that these foundation stones are the most critical
success weapons we have in our arsenal. In any crisis or emergency,
those with whom we deal, and on whom our health, wealth, and
happiness depends, will act more readily, and cooperate more
completely, if our credibility is beyond question."