Bruce Barton Quotes

A collection of quotes by Bruce Barton.

Bruce Barton was an American author, advertising executive, and politician. Born on August 5, 1886, in Robbinsville, Wisconsin, he became one of the most influential figures in the advertising industry during the early 20th century. Barton co-founded the advertising agency Barton, Durstine & Osborn (BDO), which later evolved into the renowned global firm, BBDO. Besides his successful advertising career, Barton authored several best-selling books, including "The Man Nobody Knows" and "Selling It My Way." Additionally, he served as a Republican Congressman from New York from 1937 to 1940. Bruce Barton passed away on July 5, 1967.

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute nec

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming s

The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.

Cereal eating is almost a marker for a healthy lifestyle. It

Cereal eating is almost a marker for a healthy lifestyle. It sets you up for the day, so you don't overeat.

If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusia

If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home and

Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.

Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as H

Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought of His life as business.

Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business

Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world.

When you are through changing, you are through.

When you are through changing, you are through.

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change -

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.

In his first years in the White House, Mr. Roosevelt apologi

In his first years in the White House, Mr. Roosevelt apologized for each annual deficit. Each new budget message explained that, because of unforeseen circumstances, the promise of the previous year had not been met, but next year things would be better; next year there would be a balanced budget. The 1938 congressional elections were uncomfortably near at hand. it was announced that the President would deliver a Fireside Chat. In it our startled ears caught the opening accents of a grand new liturgy. Spending would be resumed, but let not the heart be troubled. Spending was no longer the rock of unsound finance on which so many liberal governments had been wrecked; it was not danger, but security. Debt, if owed to ourselves, was not debt but investment.

When a load of bricks, dumped on a corner lot, can arrange t

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.

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things. I am tempted to think there are no little things.

Things Little Things

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.

When you're through changing, you're through.

When you're through changing, you're through.

Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that

Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.

The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming s

The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity -- an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute nec

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by h

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

The ablest men in all walks of modern life are men of faith.

The ablest men in all walks of modern life are men of faith. Most of them have much more faith than they themselves realize.

As a profession advertising is young; as a force it is as ol

As a profession advertising is young; as a force it is as old as the world. The first four words ever uttered, Let there be light, constitute its charter. All nature is vibrant with its impulse.