Bruce Barton Quotes

When you are through changing, you are through.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

The big rewards come to those who travel the second, undemanded mile.

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.

Every time you open your mouth you let men look into your mind.

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.

If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature.

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.

I do not like the phrase: Never cross a bridge till you come to it. The world is owned by men who cross bridges on their imaginations miles and miles in advance of the procession.

The most important thing about getting somewhere is starting right where we are.

Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility the characteristics of such men.

When you're through changing you're through.

In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times, they have to.

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.

If you want to know if your brain is flabby, feel your legs.

Jesus brought forth men's greatest efforts by the promise of obstacles not rewards.

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.

Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world.

Voltaire spoke of the Bible as a short-lived book. He said that within a hundred years it would pass from common use. Not many people read Voltaire today, but his house has been packed with Bibles as a depot of a Bible society.

In the long run no individual prospers beyond the measure of his faith.

Conceit is God's gift to little men.

My program is to leave the fools to nature. She has diseases with which to deal with them.

The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.

If advertising encourages people to live beyond their means, so does matrimony.