Grenville Kleiser Quotes

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Discreetly keep most of your radical opinions to yourself. When with people be a listener a large part of the time. Be considerate in every word and act, and resist the tendency to say clever things. The best evidence of your culture is the tone and temper of your conversation.

The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring to you increased happiness.

This is the time to speak the word of appreciation.

Vigilantly guard your mind against erroneous and destructive thought as you would guard your house against burglars and assassins.

Most men have worried about things which never happened, and more men have been killed by worry than by hard work.

You were intended not only to work, but to rest, laugh, play, and have proper leisure and enjoyment. To develop an all-around personality you must have interest outside of your regular vocation that will serve to balance your business responsibilities.

Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing you have long postponed.

Be an earnest student of yourself. Study your leading desires and tendencies.

Death is God's way of telling you not to be such a wise guy.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

The world needs all the help you can give by way of cheerful, optimistic, inspiring thought and personal example.

Tact, the kind of tact you should cultivate, is not a form of deception or make-believe, but a cultivated taste which gives fine perception in seeing and doing what is best under all circumstances. There is nothing which will so readily bring you into favor, or disarm an opponent, as the right use of tact.

You can develop good judgment as you do the muscles of the body — by judicious, daily exercise.

Every good thought you think is contributing its share to the ultimate result of your life.

You grow your best thoughts in silence, solitude, and meditation. When you relax and think deeply, you are giving your inmost powers their best opportunity to disclose themselves.

Make the most of today. Translate your good intentions into actual deeds.

To every problem there is already a solution whether you know it or not.

Let your desire for truth transcend all minor considerations. Ignorance is invariably confident. The man of knowledge learns to realize his own needs. Be honest and severe in your self-appraisal. Learn the art of learning, and you are well on the way to achievement. True greatness is reflective, not assertive.

. . . idealism is one of the greatest forces in the world. It makes seeming impossibilities possible and succeeds where prudence fails. But unless the idealist is brave and has the courage to face the truth, his idealism creates nothing.

The way to health, harmony, and happiness is primarily mental.

Those who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced ...the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose.

The most successful men have used seeming failures as stepping stones to better things.

Cultivate the giving habit as you do the saving habit.

Your mind grows through use.

Cheerfulness has a directly beneficial influence upon health.

The principal object of your reading should be for the acquisition of useful knowledge , and the strengthening, refining, and ennobling of your character.

A rumor is like a check--never endorse it till you're sure it's genuine.

There are many fine things which you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time that is yours is the present.

Keep a definite goal of achievement constantly in view. Realize that work well and worthily done makes life truly worth living.

Today is the day in which to attempt and achieve something worthwhile.

You are already of consequence in the world if you are known as a man of strict integrity.

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities. Today is the day in which to attempt and achieve something worthwhile.

Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have long postponed, and to use your God-given abilities for the enrichment of some less fortunate fellow traveler. Today you can make your life . . . significant and worthwhile. The present is yours to do with it as you will.

It is by translating your fine sense of aspiration into actual lofty deeds that you grow toward your ideal. Link your lofty thoughts to earnest, active effort, and good results will inevitably follow. The great things you intend to do some time must have a beginning if they are ever to be done, so begin something worthwhile today.

People around you are quick to read your attitude of thought toward them. Inner thoughts and feelings are communicated in ways other than by the spoken word.

A ton of regret never makes an ounce of difference.

Books are ever available friends, ready to serve you at will.

Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.

To every problem there is already a solution, whether you know it or not. To every sum in there is already a correct answer, whether the mathematician has found it or not.

The quality of your thoughts determines the quality of your personal character.

When you want a thing deeply, earnestly and intensely, this feeling of desire reinforces your will and arouses in you the determination to work for the desired object.

Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the world will be to you a bright and happy place in which to work and play and serve

Make your judgment trustworthy by trusting it

Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work.

Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.

Be grateful for the joy of life. Be glad for the privilege of work. Be thankful for the opportunity to give and serve. Good work is the great character-builder, the sweetener of life, the maker of destiny. Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.