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Top 30 George Matthew Adams Quotes (2024 Update)

George Matthew Adams Quote: “There is no such thing as a “self-made” man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.”

1. “There is no such thing as a “self-made” man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “Learn to keep the door shut, keep out of your mind and out of your world every element that seeks admittance with no definite helpful end in view.”

2. “Learn to keep the door shut, keep out of your mind and out of your world every element that seeks admittance with no definite helpful end in view.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first.”

3. “Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. Good work can never be expected from a worker without encouragement. No one ever climbed spiritual heights without it. No one ever lived without it.”

4. “Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. Good work can never be expected from a worker without encouragement. No one ever climbed spiritual heights without it. No one ever lived without it.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “He climbs highest who helps another up.”

5. “He climbs highest who helps another up.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “I said to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.”

6. “I said to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end.”

7. “It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “No one ever gets too big to make mistakes. The secret is that the big man is greater than his mistakes, because he rises right out of them and passes beyond them.”

8. “No one ever gets too big to make mistakes. The secret is that the big man is greater than his mistakes, because he rises right out of them and passes beyond them.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests.”

9. “Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.”

10. “In 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 Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “The further you get from nature, the less happy you are; and the nearer, the more exultant you become over the world and all that there is in it.”

11. “The further you get from nature, the less happy you are; and the nearer, the more exultant you become over the world and all that there is in it.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “Always expect the best. Then if you have to hurdle a few tough problems, you will have generated the strength and courage to do so.”

12. “Always expect the best. Then if you have to hurdle a few tough problems, you will have generated the strength and courage to do so.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “Enthusiasm is a kind of faith that has been set afire.”

13. “Enthusiasm is a kind of faith that has been set afire.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all – time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day’s greatest gift and your greatest job.”

14. “No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all – time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day’s greatest gift and your greatest job.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “Beauty of expression is so akin to the voice of the sea.”

15. “Beauty of expression is so akin to the voice of the sea.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy and successful day. It’s the mood and the purpose at the inception of each day that are the important facts in charting your course for the day. We can always square away for a fresh start, no matter what the past has been. It’s today that is the paramount problem always.”

16. “Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy and successful day. It’s the mood and the purpose at the inception of each day that are the important facts in charting your course for the day. We can always square away for a fresh start, no matter what the past has been. It’s today that is the paramount problem always.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “That one who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day in which he lives, needs to reorganize his life. And the sooner the better, for pure enjoyment throughout life has more to do with one’s happiness and efficiency than almost any other single element.”

17. “That one who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day in which he lives, needs to reorganize his life. And the sooner the better, for pure enjoyment throughout life has more to do with one’s happiness and efficiency than almost any other single element.”

— George Matthew Adams

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George Matthew Adams Quote: “Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy and successful day.”

18. “Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy and successful day.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can.”

19. “We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “There is no such thing as a ‘self-made’ man. We are made up of thousands of others.”

20. “There is no such thing as a ‘self-made’ man. We are made up of thousands of others.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.”

21. “Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “If you have nothing to do, look at yourself and see if there isn’t something close at hand that you can improve. It may make you wealthy, although it is more likely it will make you happy.”

22. “If you have nothing to do, look at yourself and see if there isn’t something close at hand that you can improve. It may make you wealthy, although it is more likely it will make you happy.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “People who look down never get much of an idea of the sky where the stars are set. And the fellow who doesn’t hitch at least one or two of his wagons to a star never gets very high up. Get your eyes off the ground. Look ahead.”

23. “People who look down never get much of an idea of the sky where the stars are set. And the fellow who doesn’t hitch at least one or two of his wagons to a star never gets very high up. Get your eyes off the ground. Look ahead.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “What is more beautiful than a sea of water with a number of white-winged boats skirting its surface? Poetry and beauty contesting with the wind and the waves!”

24. “What is more beautiful than a sea of water with a number of white-winged boats skirting its surface? Poetry and beauty contesting with the wind and the waves!”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “What you think means more than anything else in your life.”

25. “What you think means more than anything else in your life.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “It is the spirit of a person that hangs above him like a star in the sky.”

26. “It is the spirit of a person that hangs above him like a star in the sky.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “Keep your Chin up. People who look down never get much of an idea of the sky where the Stars are set.”

27. “Keep your Chin up. People who look down never get much of an idea of the sky where the Stars are set.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone.”

28. “It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “People do not want what we have in our pockets half as much as they want what is in our hearts. If we combine both, intelligently, however, according to our means, we give wisely and well.”

29. “People do not want what we have in our pockets half as much as they want what is in our hearts. If we combine both, intelligently, however, according to our means, we give wisely and well.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “The easiest thing in the world is to succeed. You can’t help it if you follow the rules and play the game the best way you know how according to yourself, instead of according to the one next to you, or above you, or somewhere away from you.”

30. “The easiest thing in the world is to succeed. You can’t help it if you follow the rules and play the game the best way you know how according to yourself, instead of according to the one next to you, or above you, or somewhere away from you.”

— George Matthew Adams

George Matthew Adams Quote: “It’s what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige.”

31. “It’s what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige.”

— George Matthew Adams

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