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> [I do not like the phrase: Never cross a bridge till you come to it. The world is owned by men who cross bridges on their imaginations miles and miles in advance of the procession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/i-do-not-like-the-phrase-never-cross-a-bridge-till-you-come-to-it-the/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

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## More by Bruce Barton

> [My program is to leave the fools to nature. She has diseases with which to deal with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/my-program-is-to-leave-the-fools-to-nature-she-has-diseases-with/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [The Bible rose to the place it now occupies because it deserved to rise to that place, and not because God sent anybody with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/the-bible-rose-to-the-place-it-now-occupies-because-it-deserved-to/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/what-a-curious-phenomenon-it-is-that-you-can-get-men-to-die-for-the/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought of His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/christ-would-be-a-national-advertiser-today-i-am-sure-as-he-was-a/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [Surely no one will consider us lacking in reverence if we say that every one of the "principles of modern salesmanship" on which business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/surely-no-one-will-consider-us-lacking-in-reverence-if-we-say-that/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstances](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/nothing-splendid-has-ever-been-achieved-except-by-those-who-dared/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [It takes a real storm in the average persons life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/it-takes-a-real-storm-in-the-average-persons-life-to-make-him-realize/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [Get money - but stop once in a while to figure what it is costing you to get it. No man gets it without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/get-money-but-stop-once-in-a-while-to-figure-what-it-is-costing-you/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [An election goes on every minute of the business day across the counters of hundreds of thousands of stores and shops where the customers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/an-election-goes-on-every-minute-of-the-business-day-across-the/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [I had never thought of advertising as a life work, though I had on the side, written some very successful copy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/i-had-never-thought-of-advertising-as-a-life-work-though-i-had-on-the/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/talkers-have-always-ruled-they-will-continue-to-rule-the-smart-thing/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [We pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/we-pay-just-as-dearly-for-our-triumphs-as-we-do-for-our-defeats-go/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [Learn their lesson, that if you would teach people you first must capture their interest with news; that your service rather than your sermons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/learn-their-lesson-that-if-you-would-teach-people-you-first-must/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [When a load of bricks, dumped on a corner lot, can arrange themselves into a house; when a handful of springs and screws and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/when-a-load-of-bricks-dumped-on-a-corner-lot-can-arrange-themselves/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

> [Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/most-successful-men-have-not-achieved-their-distinction-by-having-2/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

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