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 AdamsIn 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 AdamsKeep 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 AdamsThere is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.
George Matthew AdamsThere is a growing sentiment in America that regular saving should be ignored-that the government will take care of people and give them security when they get beyond a certain age or become old and unable to work, but it must be borne in mind that the people who earn and do save, take care of the government! Were it not for the thrifty and the willing workers, the government would be in a bad way.
George Matthew AdamsLet 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