William J. H. Boetcker

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.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.

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

You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.

Your greatness is measured by your kindness your education and intellect by your modesty your ignorance is betrayed by your suspicions and prejudices and your real caliber is measured by the consideration and tolerance you have for others.

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.

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

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

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.

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.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

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.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

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

The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.

The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

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.

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.

You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

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.

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 strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.