Quote collection
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"Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress."
"If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."
"A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future."
"The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision."
"In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times, they have to."
"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance."
"When you can dump a load of bricks on a corner lot, and let me watch them arrange themselves into a house - when you can empty a handful of springs and wheels and screws on my desk, and let me see them gather themselves together into a watch - it will be easier for me to believe that all these thousands of worlds could have been created, balanced, and set to moving in their separate orbits, all without any directing intelligence at all."
"When you are through changing, you are through."
"When you have something for breakfast, you're not going to be starving by lunch."
"Cereal eating is almost a marker for a healthy lifestyle. It sets you up for the day, so you don't overeat."
"The big rewards come to those who travel the second, undemanded mile."
"The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do."
"If you expect perfection from people your whole life is a series of disappointments, grumblings, and complaints."
"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 have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature."
"When you're through changing you're through."
"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."
"Much brass has been sounded and many cymbals tinkled in the name of advertising; but the advertisements which persuade people to act are written by men who have an abiding respect for the intelligence of their readers, and a deep sincerity regarding the merits of the goods they have to sell."
"The most important thing about getting somewhere is starting right where we are."
"It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls."