Bruce Barton

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

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be Enthusiasm.

When you're through changing, you're through.

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

An election goes on every minute of the business day across the counters of hundreds of thousands of stores and shops where the customers state their preferences and determine which company and which product shall be the leader today and which shall lead tomorrow.

The ablest men in all walks of modern life are men of faith. Most of them have much more faith than they themselves realize.

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.

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.

Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home; and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.

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