"When a load of bricks, dumped on a……" — 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 wheels, emptied on a desk, can gather themselves into a watch, then and not until then will it seem sensible, to some of us at least, to believe that all these thousands or millions of worlds could have been created, balanced and set to revolving in their separate orbits -- all without any directing intelligence at all."
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48 Quotes by Bruce Barton
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Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our…
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If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
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When you are through changing, you are through.
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Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little…
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What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who…
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The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.
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It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done…
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Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the…
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In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times, they have to.
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The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work…
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If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own…
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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