William J. H. Boetcker Quotes
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The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you will learn to enjoy the abundant life.
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You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.
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That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
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Men must be honest with themselves before they can be honest with others. A man who is not honest with himself presents a hopeless case.
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Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
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Many modern (so-called) Reformers are just as dangerous as the physician who makes a wrong diagnosis of a disease. They see the trouble from without and prescribe external remedies, while the cause of the trouble is within and needs internal treatment.
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Men will get no more out of life than they put into it.
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Seven national crimes: 1. I don't think. 2. I don't know. 3. I don't care. 4. I am too busy. 5. I leave well enough alone. 6. I have no time to read and find out. 7. I am not interested.
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And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.
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The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.
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What the carburetor, sparkplug and self-starter are to an automobile, initiative, private enterprise and executive ability are to industry as a whole, including the wage earner, wage payer, wage spender and wage saver, i.e., the investor. If the sparkplug and self-starter get out of commission, the car will come to a standstill.
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We will never have real safety and security for wage earners unless we provide for safety and security for the wage payers and wage savers.
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True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.
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If the majority of people of a country, no matter how great its natural resources, organize and conspire to get more out and put less in, to do less and get more, how long will, how long can it last?
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It is not what people do when they work, but what they do when they don't work that causes all their troubles.
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Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.
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True religion is not a mere doctrine, something that can be taught, but is a way of life. A life in community with God. It must be experienced to be appreciated. A life of service. A living by giving and finding one's own happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.
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Are you appalled at existing conditions? Don't waste your energy trying to change conditions from without! Change the Human Heart from within.
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You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.
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Every so often we hear people clamor for a change. Let's change the Constitution, change the form of Government, change everything for better or worse except to change the only thing that needs changing first: The human heart and our standard of success and human values.
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You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.
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When men are so busy making money that they have no time for anything else, then the day is not far off when they will have no money for anything else.
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The man who is worthy of being a leader of men will never complain about the stupidity of his helpers, the ingratitude of mankind nor the inappreciation of the public. These are all a part of the great game of life. To meet them and overcome them and not to go down before them in disgust, discouragement or defeat-that is the final proof of power
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If you want to know how rich you really are, find out what would be left of you tomorrow if you should lose every dollar you own tonight.
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Confidence is the foundation for all business relations. The degree of confidence a man has in others, and the degree of confidence others have in him, determines a man's standing in the commercial and industrial world.
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The more men, generally speaking, will do for a Dollar when they make it, the more that Dollar will do for them when they spend it.
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If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.
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If your business keeps you so busy that you have no time for anything else, there must be something wrong either with you or with your business.
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Beware of ignorance when in motion; look out for inexperience when in action, and beware of the majority when mentally poisoned with misinformation, for collective ignorance does not become wisdom.
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The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
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