Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things. I am tempted to think there are no little things.
If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
When you are through changing, you are through.
Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.
I do not like the phrase: Never cross a bridge till you come to it. The world is owned by men who cross bridges on their imaginations miles and miles in advance of the procession.
If you are going to do anything, you must expect criticism. But it’s better to be a doer than a critic. The doer moves; the critic stands still, and is passed by.
The most important thing about getting somewhere is starting right where we are.
Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility the characteristics of such men.
Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
Conceit is God’s gift to little men.
As a profession advertising is young; as a force it is as old as the world. The first four words ever uttered, Let there be light, constitute its charter. All nature is vibrant with its impulse.
The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity – an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.
A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.
Jesus brought forth men’s greatest efforts by the promise of obstacles not rewards.
Voltaire spoke of the Bible as a short-lived book. He said that within a hundred years it would pass from common use. Not many people read Voltaire today, but his house has been packed with Bibles as a depot of a Bible society.