Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Hortense McQuarrie Odlum
First Woman President of Bonwit Teller Department Store in NYC
"One of the greatest satisfactions one can ever have, comes from the knowledge that he can do some one thing superlatively well."
"If a person goes to his job with a firm determination to give of himself the best of which he is capable, that job no matter what it is takes on dignity and importance."
"It is not serving, but servility, that is menial. "
"No life if it is properly realized is without its cosmic importance. "