Babson Quotes & Sayings

The leader acknowledges and eradicates the weeds in the garden, but keeps vision on the beauty they are creating and not on the weeds they are destroying — Christopher Babson

Be careful what you look for and expect in life, because you will either find it or create it. — Christopher Babson

Whatever had happened, she wondered, to the concept of reading as entertainment? Now it appeared to be an endurance contest as to how many pages the reader could get through without throwing up.
(Lorinda, chapter 1) — Marian Babson

There is no failure, unless we fail to begin or we fail to continue. — Christopher Babson

It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true. — Roger Babson

There is a world of practical religion in simply being considerate of others. — Roger Babson

Experience has taught me that there is one chief reason why some people succeed and others fail. The difference is not one of knowing, but of doing. The successful man is not so superior in ability as in action. So far as success can be reduced to a formula, it consists of this: doing what you know you should do. — Roger Babson

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.
— Roger Babson

The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it. — Roger Babson

Their world has changed overnight ... Even after the trial, after the verdict
whatever it might be
life would never be the same again.
That was the truth of murder. — Marian Babson

If things go wrong, don't go with them. — Roger Babson

More people should learn to tell their dollars where to go instead of asking them where they went. — Roger Babson

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up. — Roger Babson

There isn't a plant or a business on earth that couldn't stand a few improvements-and be better for them. Someone is going to think of them. Why not beat the other fellow to it? — Roger Babson

Growth or stagnation? There is no in-between. Life always seeks more of itself and death picks up the slack. — Christopher Babson

Every great panic we have ever had has been foreshadowed by a general decline in observance of religious principles. — Roger Babson

People would rather be shown how valuable you are, not told. — Roger Babson

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing. — Roger Babson

Only religion can prevent democratic rule from developing into mob rule. A nation can prosper only as its citizens are religious, intelligent, capable of service and eager to render it. — Roger Babson

Leaders lead themselves first and foremost. Only then can they act as example and inspiration to others. — Christopher Babson

If you don't know exactly what you want, that is exactly what you will get. — Christopher Babson

I have not been able to find a single useful institution which has not been founded either by an intensely religious man or by the son of a praying father or a praying mother. I have made the statement before the chambers of commerce of all the largest cities of the country and have asked them to bring forward a case that is an exception to this rule. Thus far, I have not heard of a single one. — Roger Babson

Your life today is, for the most part, a manifestation of the stories you told yourself in the past. — Christopher Babson

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions. — Roger Babson

Think, dream and expect great things. For would you rather be correct in your perception? Or would you rather be exceptional in your life? — Christopher Babson

Leadership reveals itself in the big moments, but is forged in the small. It is the exponential and compounding product of our many incremental behaviors and actions; all of which arise out of our choices in values, beliefs & emotions. Choices all. Not a one is thrust upon us. — Christopher Babson

The God we worship writes his name upon our faces. — Roger Babson

Experiment is folly when experience shows the way. — Roger Babson

Does anyone believe for one moment that the progress we have made would have been possible under bureaucratic control of any government. This country was founded upon the principle of the regulation of private effort, of making rules for the game, and under that system alone can we look for the same success in the future which has been ours in the past. Our position today is the direct result of the free play among our people of private competitive effort. — Roger Babson

If things are not going well with you, begin your effort at correcting the situation by carefully examining the service you are rendering, and especially the spirit in which you are rendering it. — Roger Babson

It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. — Roger Babson

Your life is not a result of your potential, skills or desires,
but of your consistent expectations and actions, which largely flow from your values and beliefs. — Christopher Babson

If you don't know exactly where you are going (and why),that is exactly where you will end up. — Christopher Babson

Recognize, manage and master your beliefs. They aren't genetic. They are choices. Choose ones that serve you. — Christopher Babson

Sure enough, America was shocked by Babson's words: "More people are borrowing and speculating today than ever in our history. Sooner or later a crash is coming which will take in the leading stocks and cause a decline of from 60 to 80 points in the Dow Jones barometer. Wise are those investors who get out of debt and reef their sails. — Kenneth L. Fisher

Do we follow the road life's placed before us?
Or do we dare step up and forge an exceptional path.
A path fraught with struggle and sacrifice,
Yet one whose outcome places us in destiny's arms. — Christopher Babson

YOU ARE WHO AND WHAT YOU DECIDE YOU ARE
NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. — Christopher Babson

1. Keep speculation and investments separate.
2. Don't be fooled by a name.
3. Be wary of new promotions.
4. Give due consideration to market ability.
5. Don't buy without proper facts.
6. Safeguard purchases through diversification.
7. Don't try to diversify by buying different securities of the same company.
8. Small companies should be carefully scrutinized.
9. Buy adequate security, not super abundance.
10. Choose your dealer and buy outright. (Babson abhorred any type of margin or installment payment plans and, in fact, claimed he never borrowed money.) — Kenneth L. Fisher

A character standard is far more important than even a gold standard. The success of all economic systems is still dependent upon both righteous leaders and righteous people. In the last analysis, our national future depends upon our national character that is, whether it is spiritually or materially minded. — Roger Babson

The election of Hoover ... should result in continued prosperity for 1929. — Roger Babson

Babson became a sought-after public speaker, and the newspapers reported his predictions as newsworthy events. — Walter Friedman