George Matthew Adams

There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done…

— George Matthew Adams

Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very…

— George Matthew Adams

What is more beautiful than a sea of water with a number of white-winged boats skirting its surface? Poetry and beauty contesting…

— George Matthew Adams

“Every one of us, unconsciously, works out a personal philosophy of life, by which we are guided, inspired, and corrected, as time…

— George Matthew Adams

One reason why so many people are unhappy, not knowing why, is that they have burdened their minds with resentments. These evil…

— George Matthew Adams

I say to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed…

— George Matthew Adams

“Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy…

— George Matthew Adams

It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige.

— George Matthew Adams

It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone.

— George Matthew Adams

We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can! Every great achievement in this world was first…

— George Matthew Adams

It's marvelous the change that comes about when a man gets together all his forces and centers them upon the doing of…

— George Matthew Adams

No one ever gets too big to make mistakes. The secret is that the big man is greater than his mistakes, because…

— George Matthew Adams

What you think means more than anything else in your life.

— George Matthew Adams

No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you.

— George Matthew Adams

Few people wear out before their time. Mostly they rust out, worry out, run out - spill out. A machine must have…

— George Matthew Adams

Everyone knows that weeds eat out the life of the garden and of the productive fields. It's like that in the building…

— George Matthew Adams

In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing…

— George Matthew Adams

People do not get tired out from working where work is intelligently handled. Work, if it is interesting, is a stimulant. It's…

— George Matthew Adams

That one who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day in which he lives, needs to reorganize his life.…

— George Matthew Adams

Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all…

— George Matthew Adams

We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can.

— George Matthew Adams

Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy…

— George Matthew Adams

The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into…

— George Matthew Adams

Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. Good work can never be expected from a worker without encouragement. No one ever climbed spiritual…

— George Matthew Adams

You can go to doctors until the last cow has been placed in its shed. You can journey the earth in search…

— George Matthew Adams