William J.H. Boetcker Quotes

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.

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

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

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

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.

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

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.

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 help the small men, by tearing down the big men.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.

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

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.

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

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.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

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

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

A man without religion or spiritual vision is like a captain who finds himself in the midst of an uncharted sea, without compass, rudder and steering wheel. He never knows where he is, which way he is going and where he is going to land.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.
And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

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.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.