Babson Quotes

#1. Babson became a sought-after public speaker, and the newspapers reported his predictions as newsworthy events.

Walter Friedman

#2. Think, dream and expect great things. For would you rather be correct in your perception? Or would you rather be exceptional in your life?

Christopher Babson

#3. Do we follow the road life's placed before us?
Or do we dare step up and forge an exceptional path.
A path fraught with struggle and sacrifice,
Yet one whose outcome places us in destiny's arms.

Christopher Babson

#4. If you don't know exactly what you want, that is exactly what you will get.

Christopher Babson

#5. The election of Hoover ... should result in continued prosperity for 1929.

Roger Babson

#6. Whatever had happened, she wondered, to the concept of reading as entertainment? Now it appeared to be an endurance contest as to how many pages the reader could get through without throwing up.
(Lorinda, chapter 1)

Marian Babson

#7. When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

Roger Babson

#8. It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true.

Roger Babson

#9. There is a world of practical religion in simply being considerate of others.

Roger Babson

#10. Your life is not a result of your potential, skills or desires,
but of your consistent expectations and actions, which largely flow from your values and beliefs.

Christopher Babson

#11. Recognize, manage and master your beliefs. They aren't genetic. They are choices. Choose ones that serve you.

Christopher Babson

#12. There isn't a plant or a business on earth that couldn't stand a few improvements-and be better for them. Someone is going to think of them. Why not beat the other fellow to it?

Roger Babson

#13. Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.

Roger Babson

#14. More people should learn to tell their dollars where to go instead of asking them where they went.

Roger Babson

#15. Leaders lead themselves first and foremost. Only then can they act as example and inspiration to others.

Christopher Babson

#16. People would rather be shown how valuable you are, not told.

Roger Babson

#17. There is no failure, unless we fail to begin or we fail to continue.

Christopher Babson

#18. Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.

Roger Babson

#19. The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.

Roger Babson

#20. Be careful what you look for and expect in life, because you will either find it or create it.

Christopher Babson

#21. If things go wrong, don't go with them.

Roger Babson

#22. The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.

Roger Babson

#23. If you don't know exactly where you are going (and why),that is exactly where you will end up.

Christopher Babson

#24. Their world has changed overnight ... Even after the trial, after the verdict
whatever it might be
life would never be the same again.
That was the truth of murder.

Marian Babson

#25. Leadership reveals itself in the big moments, but is forged in the small. It is the exponential and compounding product of our many incremental behaviors and actions; all of which arise out of our choices in values, beliefs & emotions. Choices all. Not a one is thrust upon us.

Christopher Babson

#26. Only religion can prevent democratic rule from developing into mob rule. A nation can prosper only as its citizens are religious, intelligent, capable of service and eager to render it.

Roger Babson

#27. The God we worship writes his name upon our faces.

Roger Babson

#28. Your life today is, for the most part, a manifestation of the stories you told yourself in the past.

Christopher Babson

#29. YOU ARE WHO AND WHAT YOU DECIDE YOU ARE
NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.

Christopher Babson

#30. Every great panic we have ever had has been foreshadowed by a general decline in observance of religious principles.

Roger Babson

#31. The leader acknowledges and eradicates the weeds in the garden, but keeps vision on the beauty they are creating and not on the weeds they are destroying

Christopher Babson

#32. If things are not going well with you, begin your effort at correcting the situation by carefully examining the service you are rendering, and especially the spirit in which you are rendering it.

Roger Babson

#33. Growth or stagnation? There is no in-between. Life always seeks more of itself and death picks up the slack.

Christopher Babson

#34. Experiment is folly when experience shows the way.

Roger Babson

#35. It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.

Roger Babson