Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them. George Horace Lorimer More Quotes by George Horace Lorimer More Quotes From George Horace Lorimer Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible. George Horace Lorimer putting-things-offprocrastinationimpossible A fellow and his business should be bosom friends in the office and sworn enemies out of it. George Horace Lorimer officeshouldenemy Those who succeed can't forgive a fellow for being a failure, and those who fail can't forgive him for being a success. George Horace Lorimer forgivingsucceedfailing True love is not only blind, but too gallant to ask a lady's age. George Horace Lorimer blindagelove-is Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage. George Horace Lorimer suicidemotivationalinspirational The more I deal in it, the surer I am that human nature is all of the same critter, but that there's a heap of choice in the cuts. George Horace Lorimer human-naturecuttingchoices When an office begins to look like a family tree, you'll find worms tucked away snug and cheerful in most of the apples. George Horace Lorimer applesofficetree There's a vast difference between having a carload of miscellaneous facts sloshing around loose in your head and getting all mixed up in transit, and carrying the same assortment properly boxed and crated for convenient handling and immediate delivery. George Horace Lorimer deliverydifferencesfacts Doing the same thing in the same way year after year is like eating a quail a day for thirty days. Along toward the middle of the month a fellow begins to long for a broiled crow or a slice of cold dog. George Horace Lorimer doglongyears Some men are like oak leaves -- they don't know when they're dead, but still hang right on; and there are others who let go before anything has really touched them. George Horace Lorimer stillsletting-gomen Naturally, when a young fellow steps up into a big position, it breeds jealousy among those whom he's left behind and uneasiness among those to whom he's pulled himself up. Between them he's likely to be subjected to a lot of petty annoyances. But he's in the fix of a dog with fleas who's chasing a rabbit -- if he stops to snap at the tickling on his tail, he's going to lose his game dinner. George Horace Lorimer doggamesrabbits It's been my experience that every man has in him the possibility of doing well some one thing, no matter how humble, and that there's some one, in some place, who wants that special thing done. The difference between a fellow who succeeds and one who fails is that the first gets out and chases after the man who needs him, and the second sits around waiting to be hunted up. George Horace Lorimer differenceshumblemen There are two unpardonable sins in this world -- success and failure. George Horace Lorimer sintwoworld Clothes don't make the man, but they make all of him except his hands and face during business hours, and that's a pretty considerable area of the human animal. George Horace Lorimer animalmenhands When a fellow's got what he set out for in this world, he should go off into the woods for a few weeks now and then to make sure that he's still a man, and not a plug-hat and a frock-coat and a wad of bills. George Horace Lorimer coatsmenworld Procrastination is the longest word in the language, but there's only one letter between its ends when they occupy their proper places in the alphabet. George Horace Lorimer alphabetprocrastinationletters Books are all right, but dead men's brains are no good unless you mix a live one's with them. George Horace Lorimer brainmenbook You've got to preach short sermons to catch sinners. George Horace Lorimer sinnersermons A business man's conversation should be regulated by fewer and simpler rules than any other function of the human animal. They are: Have something to say. Say it. Stop talking. George Horace Lorimer animaltalkingmen Give fools the first and women the last word. George Horace Lorimer foollastsgiving
