William J. H. Boetcker Men Quotations

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

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.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending

A man is judged by the company he keeps, and a company is judged by the men it keeps, and the people of Democratic nations are judged by the type and caliber of officers they elect.

For the self-development of men and women it is absolutely necessary that they should be alone with themselves at least one hour each day-to get the blessings of solitude.

Most men believe that it would benefit them if they could get a little from those who have more. How much more would it benefit them if they would learn a little from those who know more.

Nations begin to dig their own graves when men talk more of human rights and less of human duties.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.

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.

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.

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.

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

You cannot help the small men, by tearing down the big men.

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

The man who is worthy of being a leader of men will never complain about the stupidity of his helpers, the ingratitude of mankind nor the inappreciation of the public. These are all a part of the great game of life. To meet them and overcome them and not to go down before them in disgust, discouragement or defeat-that is the final proof of power

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.

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.

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.