If you give your son only one gift, let it be enthusiasm. Bruce Barton More Quotes by Bruce Barton More Quotes From Bruce Barton A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future. Bruce Barton mother-daughtermommemories The faults of advertising are only those common to all human institutions. If advertising speaks to a thousand in order to influence one, so does the church. And if it encourages people to live beyond their means, so does matrimony. Good times, bad times, there will always be advertising. In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times they have to. Bruce Barton ordermeanpeople A man may be down, but he is never out. Bruce Barton maymen We pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with grace, fail with style. A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Bruce Barton stylefailuregrace 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 wisegivingmen If you expect perfection from people your whole life is a series of disappointments, grumblings and complaints. If, on the contrary, you pitch your expectations low, taking folks as the inefficient creatures which they are, you are frequently surprised by having them perform better than you had hoped. Bruce Barton disappointmentperfectioninspirational As a profession advertising is young; as a force it is as old as the world. The first four words ever uttered, Let there be light, constitute its charter. All nature is vibrant with its impulse. Bruce Barton humorouslightworld 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-businessgreat-daywould-be The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision. Bruce Barton skillsbusinessteaching It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s progress has come out of such loneliness. Bruce Barton being-alonelonelyloneliness Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls. Bruce Barton teenagegirlhome 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. Bruce Barton sacrificefreedommen In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times, they have to. Bruce Barton humorbusinesspeople Surely no one will consider us lacking in reverence if we say that every one of the "principles of modern salesmanship" on which business men so much pride themselves, are brilliantly exemplified in Jesus' talk and work. Bruce Barton pridemenjesus Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them. Bruce Barton talkerssmartcommunication I had never thought of advertising as a life work, though I had on the side, written some very successful copy. Bruce Barton advertisingsuccessfulsides It is said that great leaders are born, not made. The saying is true to this degree, that no man can persuade people to do what he wants them to do, unless he genuinely likes people, and believes that what he wants them to do is to their own advantage. Bruce Barton menbelievepeople Much brass has been sounded and many cymbals tinkled in the name of advertising; but the advertisements which persuade people to act are written by men who have an abiding respect for the intelligence of their readers, and a deep sincerity regarding the merits of the goods they have to sell. Bruce Barton namesmenpeople Jesus brought forth men's greatest efforts by the promise of obstacles not rewards. Bruce Barton effortmenjesus My program is to leave the fools to nature. She has diseases with which to deal with them. Bruce Barton foolmodern-lifedisease
