Loyalty is the Most Important Thing
I just ran into this Elbert Hubbard quote “An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.”
I really believe that. No matter how smart a person is or how hard they work, it doesn’t mean a thing without loyalty. It’s always surprises me when people don’t get this simple concept.
Elbert Hubbard was a very interesting person and collected the wisdom known to his generation in: Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use. Fascinating reading if you get the chance. He has quotes from Sun Tsu next to Robespierre, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson and other people from his generation that I'm not familiar with. There's about 20 quotes per page all inspiring much to think about. I’m amazed at all that he managed to collect and organize before Google and the internet.
