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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.

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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Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.
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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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True religion is not a mere doctrine, something that can be taught, but is a way of life. A life in community with God. It must be experienced to be appreciated. A life of service. A living by giving and finding one's own happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.
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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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You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.
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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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You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
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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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It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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Never mind what others do do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
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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.
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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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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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