George Horace Lorimer Quotes

Of course, clothes don't make the man, but they make all of him except his hands and face during business hours, and that's a pretty considerable area of the human animal. A dirty shirt may hide a pure heart, but it seldom covers a clean skin. If you look as if you had slept in our clothes, most men will jump to the conclusion that you have, and you will never get to know them well enough to explain that your head is so full of noble thoughts that you haven't time to bother with the dandruff on your shoulders...Appearances are deceitful, I know, but so long as they are, there's nothing like having them deceive for us instead of against us.

~ George Horace Lorimer

Tact is the knack of keeping quiet at the right time, of being so agreeable yourself that no one can be disagreeable to you, of making inferiority feel like equality. A tactful man can pull the stinger from a bee without getting stung.

~ George Horace Lorimer

I want to say right here that the easiest way in the world to make enemies is to hire friends.

~ George Horace Lorimer

Some salesmen think that selling is like eating—to satisfy an existing appetite, but a good salesman is like a good cook—he can create an appetite when the buyer isn't hungry.

~ George Horace Lorimer

There’s no easier way to cure foolishness than to give a man leave to be foolish. And the only way to show a fellow that he’s chosen the wrong business is to let him try it.

~ George Horace Lorimer

It has been my experience that, even when a man has a sense of humor, it only really carries him to the point where he will join in a laugh at the expense of the other fellow.

~ George Horace Lorimer

I remember reading once that some fellows use language to conceal thought, but it's been my experience that a good many more use it instead of thought.

~ George Horace Lorimer

I want you to learn right at the outset not to play with the spoon before you take the medicine. Putting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard one makes it impossible. Procrastination is the longest word in the language, but there’s only one letter between its ends when they occupy their proper places in the alphabet.

~ George Horace Lorimer

But some people, and especially very young people, don’t think anything’s worth believing unless it’s hard to believe.

~ George Horace Lorimer

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times you don't want to set him down as a failure until he's dead or loses his courage - and that's the same thing.

~ George Horace Lorimer

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.

~ George Horace Lorimer