Bruce Barton Quotes

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• When you are through changing, you are through.

  Bruce Barton

  Change, Moving On, Running

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

  Bruce Barton

  Relationship, Birthday, Daughter

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

  Bruce Barton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Bruce Barton (1959). “The Man and the Book Nobody Knows”

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

  Bruce Barton

  Rewards, Bigs, Miles

  Bruce Barton (1959). “The Man and the Book Nobody Knows”

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

  Bruce Barton

  Communication, Men, Mind

  Bruce Barton (1920). “It's a Good Old World: Being a Collection of Little Essays on Various Subjects of Human Interest”

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• 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.

  Bruce Barton

  Change, Fear, Errors

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• 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.

  Bruce Barton

  Men, Bridges, Imagination

  Bruce Barton (1920). “It's a Good Old World: Being a Collection of Little Essays on Various Subjects of Human Interest”

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• 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.

  Bruce Barton

  God, Character, Expression

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• 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.

  Bruce Barton

  Inspirational, Teacher, Moving

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

  Bruce Barton

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought of His life as business.

  Bruce Barton

  Mind Your Own Business, Great Day, Would Be

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• 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.

  Bruce Barton

  Humility, Greatness, Men

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

  Bruce Barton

  Important, Starting, Important Things

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• When you're through changing you're through.

  Bruce Barton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "On the Story" with Mary Snow, edition.cnn.com. August 27, 2005.

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

  Bruce Barton

  Running, Long, Individual

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

  Bruce Barton

  Fear, Real, Average

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

  Bruce Barton

  Jesus, Business, Men

  Bruce Barton (2000). “The Man Nobody Knows: A Discovery of the Real Jesus”, Ivan R Dee

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

  Bruce Barton

  Money, Mean, People

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

  Bruce Barton

  Jesus, Men, Effort

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

  Bruce Barton

  Elements, Essentials, Belief

  Bruce Barton (1959). “The Man and the Book Nobody Knows”

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• Conceit is God's gift to little men.

  Bruce Barton

  Athlete, Conceited, Men

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• Get money - but stop once in a while to figure what it is costing you to get it. No man gets it without giving something in return. The wise man gives his labor and ability. The fool gives his life.

  Bruce Barton

  Wise, Men, Giving

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

  Bruce Barton

  Modern Life, Disease, Fool

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• The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.

  Bruce Barton

  Business, Teaching, Skills

  "Making Monitoring and Evaluation Systems Work: A Capacity Development Toolkit". Book by Marelize Görgens-Albino and Jody Zall Kusek, p. 347, 2009.

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• Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.

  Bruce Barton

  Smart, Communication, Talkers

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