Herbert V. Prochnow
Herbert V. Prochnow
Herbert Victor Prochnowwas a U.S. banking executive, noted toastmaster, and author during the middle 20th century. As Vice President of the First National Bank of Chicago, Prochnow wrote several popular books on public speaking. He also wrote epigrams and anecdotes that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and Reader's Digest...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth19 May 1897
CountryUnited States of America
cities people community
A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.
decision events relentless
There is a time when we must firmly choose the course we will follow, or the relentless drift of events will make the decision for us.
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A diet is a plan, generally hopeless, for reducing your weight, which tests your will power but does little for your waistline.
trying toil bent
Some are bent with toil, and some get crooked trying to avoid it.
freedom responsibility opportunity
We have come to world leadership because our people have had the opportunity to develop this nation under a government and a Constitution that gave them political freedom and encouraged initiative, enterprise, responsibility, industry and thrift. Freedom and achievement are not unrelated. This nation has become one of history's finest illustrations of how a people can enrich life and raise their whole level of economic well-being when they are given justice, liberty and incentive.
garden spades dies
Old gardeners never die. They just spade away and then throw in the trowel.
shoes sand footprint
If you would like to leave footprints in the sands of time, you had better wear work shoes.
money-talks interruptions
When money talks, there are few interruptions.
memories men self
There is nothing that makes a man more self-satisfied than a poor memory.
horse feel-better firsts
There's nothing like the first horseback ride to make a person feel better off.
family laziness helping
There is no cure for laziness but a large family helps.
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A little tomato who knows her onions can go out with an old potato and come home with a lot of lettuce and a couple of carats.
home car waiting
The home is where part of the family waits until the others are through with the car.
ignorance conditions
Ignorance is a voluntary condition.