William J. H. Boetcker Quotes - Page 2

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.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.

If your business keeps you so busy that you have no time for anything else, there must be something wrong either with you or with your business.

It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right.

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.

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.

Men will get no more out of life than they put into it.

You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.

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.

Confidence is the foundation for all business relations. The degree of confidence a man has in others, and the degree of confidence others have in him, determines a man's standing in the commercial and industrial world.

True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

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.

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.

If you want to know how rich you really are, find out what would be left of you tomorrow if you should lose every dollar you own tonight.

Are you appalled at existing conditions? Don't waste your energy trying to change conditions from without! Change the Human Heart from within.

When away from home always be like the kind of man you would care to take into your own home.

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.

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.

No man can make good during working hours who does the wrong thing outside of working hours.

What the carburetor, sparkplug and self-starter are to an automobile, initiative, private enterprise and executive ability are to industry as a whole, including the wage earner, wage payer, wage spender and wage saver, i.e., the investor. If the sparkplug and self-starter get out of commission, the car will come to a standstill.