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You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.
William J. H. Boetcker
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William J. H. Boetcker
Age: 88 †
Born: 1873
Born: January 1
Died: 1962
Died: January 1
William John Henry Boetcker
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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.
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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.
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Your greatness is measured by your kindness.
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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.
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Men will get no more out of life than they put into it.
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What a pleasure life would be to live if everybody would try to do only half of what he expects others to do.
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True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.
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It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right.
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It is not what people do when they work, but what they do when they don't work that causes all their troubles.
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Are you appalled at existing conditions? Don't waste your energy trying to change conditions from without! Change the Human Heart from within.
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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.
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No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.
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And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.
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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?
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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.
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Before you can write a check, you must first make out a deposit slip before you can draw money out of a bank, you must put money into a bank before you are entitled to a living, you must give the world a life if you want to make a first-class living, learn to give the world a first-class life.
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If you want to earn more - learn more.
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You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
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