George Matthew Adams Quotes

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• There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.

  George Matthew Adams

  Success, Encouragement, Character

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• In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.

  George Matthew Adams

  Sacrifice, Strive, This Life

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• He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day...needs to reorganize his life

  George Matthew Adams

  Fun, Doe, Needs

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• Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless - be unhappy - and die a bankrupt in soul.

  George Matthew Adams

  Character, Men, Soul

  George Matthew Adams (2016). “You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World-Your Success”, p.15, Ravenio Books

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• He climbs highest who helps another up.

  George Matthew Adams

  Helping, Climbs, Highest

  George Matthew Adams (2016). “You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World-Your Success”, p.39, Ravenio Books

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

  George Matthew Adams

  Motivational, Spiritual, Encouragement

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

  George Matthew Adams

  Corporations, Hundred, Cents

  George Matthew Adams (2016). “You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World-Your Success”, p.9, Ravenio Books

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• Keep out of your mind, and out of your office, and out of your world, every element that seeks admittance with no definite, helpful, useful end in view.

  George Matthew Adams

  Doors, Views, Mind

  "Up: A Little Book of Talks on how to Wake Up, Get Up, Think Up, Climb Up, Smile Up, Cheer Up, Work Up, Look Up, Help Up, Grow Up!".

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• It's marvelous the change that comes about when a man gets together all his forces and centers them upon the doing of one thing at a time.

  George Matthew Adams

  Men, Together, Force

  George Matthew Adams (2016). “You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World-Your Success”, p.20, Ravenio Books

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• I said to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.

  George Matthew Adams

  Cheer, People, Trying

  George Matthew Adams (1920). “Up: A Little Book of Talks on how to Wake Up, Get Up, Think Up, Climb Up, Smile Up, Cheer Up, Work Up, Look Up, Help Up, Grow Up!”

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• There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.

  George Matthew Adams

  Men, Self, Made

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• Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests.

  George Matthew Adams

  Inspirational, Hard Work, Each Day

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

  George Matthew Adams

  Thinking, Addiction, Life Wisdom

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• We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can! Every great achievement in this world was first carefully thought out. Think-but to a purpose. Think constructively. Think as you read. Think as you listen. Think as you travel and your eyes reveal new situations. Think as you work daily at your desk, or in the field, or while strolling. Think to rise and improve your place in life. There can be no advancement or success without serious thought

  George Matthew Adams

  Inspiration, Eye, Thinking

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• Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years... Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart.

  George Matthew Adams

  Love, Christmas, Baby

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• A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.

  George Matthew Adams

  Inspirational, Running, Fear

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• What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.

  George Matthew Adams

  Life, Attitude, Mean

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• You are your greatest investment. The more you store in that mind of yours, the more you enrich your experience, the more people you meet, the more books you read, and the more places you visit, the greater is that investment in all that you are. Everything that you add to your peace of mind, and to your outlook upon life, is added capital that no one but yourself can dissipate.

  George Matthew Adams

  Book, Knowledge, People

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• There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.

  George Matthew Adams

  Motivational, Success, Encouraging

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• It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end.

  George Matthew Adams

  Men, Imagination, Brain

  George Matthew Adams (2016). “You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World-Your Success”, p.28, Ravenio Books

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• Always expect the best. Then if you have to hurdle a few tough problems, you will have generated the strength and courage to do so.

  George Matthew Adams

  Expectations, Tough, Problem

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• No one ever gets too big to make mistakes. The secret is that the big man is greater than his mistakes, because he rises right out of them and passes beyond them.

  George Matthew Adams

  Mistake, Men, Secret

  George Matthew Adams (2016). “You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World-Your Success”, p.17, Ravenio Books

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

  George Matthew Adams

  Mean, Thinking

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• Enthusiasm is a kind of faith that has been set afire

  George Matthew Adams

  Faith, Inspiration, Enthusiasm

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• Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford.

  George Matthew Adams

  Sports, Heart, Wind

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