Sloan Wilson (1920–2003) was an American author. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, Wilson graduated from Harvard University in 1942. He served in World War II, as an officer in the United States Coast Guard, commanding a naval trawler on the Greenland patrol and an army supply ship in the Pacific Ocean.
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Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.
—Sloan Wilson
Topics: Success, Success & Failure, Stupidity
It’s not a question of who’s going to throw the first stone; it’s a question of who’s going to start building with it.
—Sloan Wilson
The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A father can only ride beside the bicycle or stand yelling directions while the child falls. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom.
—Sloan Wilson
Topics: Fathers
The definition of a beautiful woman is one who loves me.
—Sloan Wilson
Topics: Beauty
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