Quotes from William J. H. Boetcker

We will never have real safety and security for wage earners unless we provide for safety and security for the wage payers and wage savers.

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.

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.

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

You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you will have to win their hearts to have them work with you.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

Never mind what others do do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.

True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

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.

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.

Beware of ignorance when in motion; look out for inexperience when in action, and beware of the majority when mentally poisoned with misinformation, for collective ignorance does not become wisdom.

Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse if in the hands of designing demagogues.

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

Your greatness is measured by your kindness.

Your greatness is measured by your kindness.

True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right.

If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.

If you want to earn more - learn more.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more.