William J. H. Boetcker Quotes

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.

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.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

Your greatness is measured by your kindness.

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.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.

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.

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.

If you want to earn more - learn more.

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.

What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more.

A man is judged by the company he keeps, and a company is judged by the men it keeps, and the people of Democratic nations are judged by the type and caliber of officers they elect.

The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.

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.

If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.

Nations begin to dig their own graves when men talk more of human rights and less of human duties.

Most men believe that it would benefit them if they could get a little from those who have more. How much more would it benefit them if they would learn a little from those who know more.

For the self-development of men and women it is absolutely necessary that they should be alone with themselves at least one hour each day-to get the blessings of solitude.

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.

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.

It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right.

You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.

What a pleasure life would be to live if everybody would try to do only half of what he expects others to do.

True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

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.

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.

Men will get no more out of life than they put into it.

You cannot help the small men, by tearing down the big men.

It is not what people do when they work, but what they do when they don't work that causes all their troubles.

When away from home always be like the kind of man you would care to take into your own home.

No man can make good during working hours who does the wrong thing outside of working hours.

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.

Are you appalled at existing conditions? Don't waste your energy trying to change conditions from without! Change the Human Heart from within.

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.

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?

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.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

You can succeed if nobody else believes it but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and is prepared to assume responsibilities.

True religion ... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and is prepared to assume responsibilities.