Grenville Kleiser (1868–1935) was a North American author. Grenville Kleiser was born in 1868 in Toronto, Canada. He married Elizabeth Thompson in 1894. Grenville died in August, 1935 in New York City. He was the author of a long list of inspirational books and guides to oratorical success and personal development. Kleiser also worked as an instructor in Public Speaking at Yale Divinity School, Yale University.
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Learn to depend upon yourself by doing things in accordance with your own way of thinking.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Self-reliance, Confidence
Down deep in every soul has a hidden longing, impulse, and ambition to do something fine and enduring … If you are willing, great things are possible to you.
—Grenville Kleiser
By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Character
The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring increased happiness to you.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Happiness, Kindness, Helpfulness, Goodwill, Giving, Service
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered when others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Luck, Work, Idleness, Perseverance, Resolve, Endurance
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.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Time Management, Value of Time
Make your judgment trustworthy by trusting it. Cultivate regular periods of silence and meditation. The best time to build judgment is in solitude, when you can think out things for yourself without the probability of interruption.
—Grenville Kleiser
Life does not stand still. Where there is no progress there is disintegration. 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 worth while.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Progress
There is honor in labor. Work is the medicine of the soul. It is more: it is your very life, without which you would amount to little.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Work
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. When you have a distinct purpose in view, your work becomes of absorbing interest. You bend your best powers to it; you give it concentrated attention; you think of little else than the realization of this purpose; your will is stimulated into unusual activity, and as a consequence you do your work with an increasing sense of power.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Perseverance
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.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: People, Kindness, Success, Life, Thought, Depression, Knowledge, Compassion
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.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Truth
Make your judgment trustworthy by trusting it.
—Grenville Kleiser
You can vitally influence your life from within by auto-suggestion. The first thing each morning, and the last thing each night, suggest to yourself specific ideas that you wish to embody in your character and personality. Address such suggestions to yourself, silently or aloud, until they are deeply impressed upon your mind.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Foresight, Vision
Every good thought you think is contributing its share to the ultimate result of your life.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Good
To every problem there is already a solution whether you know it or not.
—Grenville Kleiser
As we are now living in an eternity, the time to be happy is today.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Happiness
Make the most of today. Translate your good intentions into actual deeds. Know that you can do what ought to be done. Improve your plans. Keep a definite goal of achievement constantly in view. Realize that work well and worthily done makes life truly worth living.
—Grenville Kleiser
Topics: Value of Time, Goals, Time Management
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