George Matthew Adams
George Matthew Adams
George Matthew Adamswas an American newspaper columnist and founder of the George Matthew Adams Newspaper Service, which syndicated comic strips and columns to newspapers for five decades. His own writings were circulated widely to The Gettysburg Times and many other newspapers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth23 August 1878
CountryUnited States of America
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Few people wear out before their time. Mostly they rust out, worry out, run out - spill out. A machine must have care and its different parts must be adjusted properly. No machine has ever approached the human machine. When it is right, it is in health.
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Nearly all our ills are the result of neglect in some way or other. And this truth may be said to apply to the ills of nations as well. Negligence is at the bottom of all decay. And decay always starts by showing little signs-or warnings. Then is the time to show interest and to be alert. There is nothing quite so easy as to neglect, and nothing quite so difficult as to repair that negligence. Negligence always carries a high price. It costs nothing to avoid it!
mistake men secret
No one ever gets too big to make mistakes. The secret is that the big man is greater than his mistakes, because he rises right out of them and passes beyond them.
corporations hundred cents
No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you.
waiting deeds chance
Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.