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Charles William Eliot Quotes

There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you Picture Quote #1

The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by ties of love, then the wider circle of fellow-townsmen, fellow-countrymen, or fellow-men. To be of service is a solid foundation for contentment in this world Picture Quote #1

The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself Picture Quote #1

Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action Picture Quote #1

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends Picture Quote #1

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties Picture Quote #1

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There is no mystery about successful business... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you Picture Quote #1

Nobody has any right to find life uninteresting or unrewarding who sees within the sphere of his own activity a wrong he can help to remedy, or within himself an evil he can hope to overcome Picture Quote #1

Liberal education develops a sense of right, duty and honor; and more and more in the modern world, large business rests on rectitude and honor as well as on good judgment Picture Quote #1

I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work Picture Quote #1

In some small field each child should attain, within the limited range of its experience and observation, the power to draw a justly limited inference from observed facts Picture Quote #1

When blocked or defeated in an enterprise I had much at heart, I always turned immediately to another field of work where progress looked possible, biding my time for a chance to resume the obstructed road Picture Quote #1

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Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence Picture Quote #1

I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an accurate and refined use of the mother tongue Picture Quote #1

The fruit of liberal education is not learning, but the capacity and desire to learn, not knowledge, but power Picture Quote #1

You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world Picture Quote #1

Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others Picture Quote #1

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers Picture Quote #1

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There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you. (Charles William Eliot Quotes) The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by ties of love, then the wider circle of fellow-townsmen, fellow-countrymen, or fellow-men. To be of service is a solid foundation for contentment in this world (Charles William Eliot Quotes) The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself (Charles William Eliot Quotes) Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action (Charles William Eliot Quotes) Books are the quietest and most constant of friends (Charles William Eliot Quotes) All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties (Charles William Eliot Quotes) There is no mystery about successful business... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you (Charles William Eliot Quotes) Nobody has any right to find life uninteresting or unrewarding who sees within the sphere of his own activity a wrong he can help to remedy, or within himself an evil he can hope to overcome (Charles William Eliot Quotes) Liberal education develops a sense of right, duty and honor; and more and more in the modern world, large business rests on rectitude and honor as well as on good judgment (Charles William Eliot Quotes) I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work (Charles William Eliot Quotes) In some small field each child should attain, within the limited range of its experience and observation, the power to draw a justly limited inference from observed facts (Charles William Eliot Quotes) When blocked or defeated in an enterprise I had much at heart, I always turned immediately to another field of work where progress looked possible, biding my time for a chance to resume the obstructed road (Charles William Eliot Quotes) Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence (Charles William Eliot Quotes) I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an accurate and refined use of the mother tongue (Charles William Eliot Quotes) The fruit of liberal education is not learning, but the capacity and desire to learn, not knowledge, but power (Charles William Eliot Quotes) You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world (Charles William Eliot Quotes) Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others (Charles William Eliot Quotes) Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers (Charles William Eliot Quotes)