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A man may be down, but he is never out.

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Bruce Barton
Age: 80 †
Born: 1886
Born: January 1
Died: 1967
Died: January 1
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Entrepreneur
Essayist
Legislator
Philanthropist
Politician
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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.
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Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.
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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.
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The Bible rose to the place it now occupies because it deserved to rise to that place, and not because God sent anybody with a box of tricks to prove its divine authority.
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Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.
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The ablest men in all walks of modern life are men of faith. Most of them have much more faith than they themselves realize.
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If you want to know if your brain is flabby, feel your legs.
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Conceit is God's gift to little men.
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Every time you open your mouth you let men look into your mind.
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If you expect perfection from people your whole life is a series of disappointments, grumblings and complaints. If, on the contrary, you pitch your expectations low, taking folks as the inefficient creatures which they are, you are frequently surprised by having them perform better than you had hoped.
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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.
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The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.
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Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.
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Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls.
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When you have something for breakfast, you're not going to be starving by lunch.
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Learn their lesson, that if you would teach people you first must capture their interest with news that your service rather than your sermons must be your claim upon their attention that what you say must be simple, and brief, and above all sincere - the unmistakable voice of true regard and affection.
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If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
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If advertising encourages people to live beyond their means, so does matrimony.
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Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.
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