Quotes from Bruce Barton

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

The ablest men in all walks of modern life are men of faith. Most of them have much more faith than they themselves realize.

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.

A man may be down, but he is never out.

A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.

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

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

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

The Bible rose to the place it now occupies because it deserved to rise to that place, and not because God sent anybody with a box of tricks to prove its divine authority.

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.

Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls.

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.

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

If you expect perfection from people your whole life is a series of disappointments, grumblings, and complaints.

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

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.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

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.

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

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

When you are through changing, you are through.

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

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

In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times, they have to.