William J. H. Boetcker
William J. H. Boetcker
William John Henry Boetckerwas an American religious leader and influential public speaker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
CountryUnited States of America
strength leadership peace
And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.
libertarian-party liberty discouraging
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
home men care
When away from home always be like the kind of man you would care to take into your own home.
expectations trying half
What a pleasure life would be to live if everybody would try to do only half of what he expects others to do.
self car initiative
What the carburetor, sparkplug and self-starter are to an automobile, initiative, private enterprise and executive ability are to industry as a whole, including the wage earner, wage payer, wage spender and wage saver, i.e., the investor. If the sparkplug and self-starter get out of commission, the car will come to a standstill.
heart trying waste
Are you appalled at existing conditions? Don't waste your energy trying to change conditions from without! Change the Human Heart from within.
country people long
If the majority of people of a country, no matter how great its natural resources, organize and conspire to get more out and put less in, to do less and get more, how long will, how long can it last?
work men doe
No man can make good during working hours who does the wrong thing outside of working hours.
god spiritual real
Think in the name of Almighty God. We must first have a worldwide awakening of the public conscience, a spiritual revival, a moral regeneration, before there can be permanent peace and real economic recovery. To this end we do not need new laws, but a new spirit; we do not need a change of government, but a change of the human heart. There can be no peace, there will be no recovery without it. Therefore, with a change of heart, let's all make a new start.
needs disease diagnosis
Many modern (so-called) Reformers are just as dangerous as the physician who makes a wrong diagnosis of a disease. They see the trouble from without and prescribe external remedies, while the cause of the trouble is within and needs internal treatment.
money men dollars
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.
kindness greatness
Your greatness is measured by your kindness.
finding-the-one giving true-religion
True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.
giving community religion
True religion is not a mere doctrine, something that can be taught, but is a way of life. A life in community with God. It must be experienced to be appreciated. A life of service. A living by giving and finding one's own happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.