Alice Foote Macdougall

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    ... the selfishness that is bred of great success is our shame. We have subdued the wilderness and made it ours. We have conquered the earth and the richness thereof. We have indelibly stamped upon its face the seal of our dominating will. Now, unlike Alexander sighing for more worlds to conquer, we should address ourselves to adding beauty to that glory and grandeur.
    —Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945)

    In business everyone is out to grab, to fight, to win. Either you are the under or the over dog. It is up to you to be on top.
    Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945)

    “Would you—be good enough—” Alice panted out, after running a little further, “to stop a minute—just to get—one’s breath again?”
    “I’m good enough,” the King said, “only I’m not strong enough. You see, a minute goes by so fearfully quick. You might as well try to stop a Bandersnatch!”
    Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    When one is altering the face of the universe one cannot remember small helpful acts.
    —Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945)

    Perhaps nothing in all my business has helped me more than faith in my fellow man. From the very first I felt confident that I could trust the great, friendly public. So I told it quite simply what I thought, what I felt, what I was trying to do. And the response was quick, sure, and immediate.
    —Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945)