William J. H. Boetcker Quotes
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Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw.
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Think in the name of Almighty God. We must first have a worldwide awakening of the public conscience, a spiritual revival, a moral regeneration, before there can be permanent peace and real economic recovery. To this end we do not need new laws, but a new spirit; we do not need a change of government, but a change of the human heart. There can be no peace, there will be no recovery without it. Therefore, with a change of heart, let's all make a new start.
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When away from home always be like the kind of man you would care to take into your own home.
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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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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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Men will get no more out of life than they put into it.
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Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse if in the hands of designing demagogues.
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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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You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.
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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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A man who tries to make the workmen believe that their employers are their natural enemies is indeed the worst enemy of workmen. For the employees of yesterday are the employers of today, and the employees of today can and will partly be the employers of tomorrow.
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If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.
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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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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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Nations begin to dig their own graves when men talk more of human rights and less of human duties.
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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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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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Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.
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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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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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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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Your greatness is measured by your kindness.
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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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No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.