A poster from the 1850's promoting Folsom's Mercantile College in Ohio. The poster includes a motto (which I boxed in green) that I think is great guidance: Integrity and Perseverance in Business ensure success. Image Source.
February 9, 2020 — In 1851 Ezekiel G. Folsom incorporated Folsom's Mercantile College in Ohio.
Folsom's subjects included bookkeeping, banking, and "railroading".
Their motto was: "Integrity and Perseverance in Business ensure success".
Guess who was then a young student there and presumably influenced by this motto?
Credit
Richard Brhel of placepeep shared this quote the other day on StartupSchool. He saw the quote on a poster years ago when he was helping a digitization effort in Ohio. I had never seen this exact quote before so wanted to transcribe it for the web.