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It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right.
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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A man who tries to make the workmen believe that their employers are their natural enemies is indeed the worst enemy of workmen. For the employees of yesterday are the employers of today, and the employees of today can and will partly be the employers of tomorrow.
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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.
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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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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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The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.
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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.
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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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The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
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You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.
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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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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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Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.
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Many modern (so-called) Reformers are just as dangerous as the physician who makes a wrong diagnosis of a disease. They see the trouble from without and prescribe external remedies, while the cause of the trouble is within and needs internal treatment.
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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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If you want to earn more - learn more.
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You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
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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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You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
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You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
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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.
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