Grenville Kleiser
Grenville Kleiser
Grenville Kleiserwas a North American author. Grenville Kleiser was born in 1868 in Toronto, Canada. He married Elizabeth Thompson in 1894. Grenville died on August 27, 1953 in New York City. He was the author of a long list of inspirational books and guides to oratorical success and personal development. Kleiser also worked as an instructor in Public Speaking at Yale Divinity School, Yale University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
Grenville Kleiser quotes about
ambition soul longing
Down deep in every soul has a hidden longing, impulse, and ambition to do something fine and enduring...If you are willing, great things are possible to you.
loyalty integrity humility
New habits make new horizons. Silently and imperceptibly you are forming habits which will ultimately determine the degree of your happiness and success. Closely guard the quality of your thoughts, that they may lead to right habits and thence to right living. Recognize and use such supreme qualities as courage, faith, humility, loyalty, temperance, and integrity.
desire students study
Be an earnest student of yourself. Study your leading desires and tendencies.
house mind assassins
Vigilantly guard your mind against erroneous and destructive thought as you would guard your house against burglars and assassins.
answers problem found
To every problem there is already a solution, whether you know it or not. To every sum in there is already a correct answer, whether the mathematician has found it or not.
goal mind use
Your mind grows through use.
happiness way harmony
The way to health, harmony, and happiness is primarily mental.
integrity men world
You are already of consequence in the world if you are known as a man of strict integrity.
bitter defeat funny-team
Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.
attitude people feelings
People around you are quick to read your attitude of thought toward them. Inner thoughts and feelings are communicated in ways other than by the spoken word.
bravery world faces
. . . idealism is one of the greatest forces in the world. It makes seeming impossibilities possible and succeeds where prudence fails. But unless the idealist is brave and has the courage to face the truth, his idealism creates nothing.
responsibility play laughing
You were intended not only to work, but to rest, laugh, play, and have proper leisure and enjoyment. To develop an all-around personality you must have interest outside of your regular vocation that will serve to balance your business responsibilities.
perseverance determination thinking
When you want a thing deeply, earnestly and intensely, this feeling of desire reinforces your will and arouses in you the determination to work for the desired object. When you have a distinct purpose in view, your work becomes of absorbing interest. You bend your best powers to it; you give it concentrated attention; you think of little else than the realization of this purpose; your will is stimulated into unusual activity, and as a consequence you do your work with an increasing sense of power.
rumor genuine checks
A rumor is like a check--never endorse it till you're sure it's genuine.