Bill Vaughan
Bill Vaughan
William E.Vaughanwas an American columnist and author. Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, he wrote a syndicated column for the Kansas City Star from 1946 until his death in 1977. He was published in Reader's Digest and Better Homes and Gardens under the pseudonym Burton Hillis. He attended Washington University in St. Louis...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth8 October 1915
CountryUnited States of America
wisdom spring men
A learned man is a tank; a wiser man is a spring.
worship instinct
There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.
talking action
Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.
book reading age
In the electronic age, books, words and reading are not likely to remain sufficiently authoritative and central to knowledge to justify literature.
christianity convincing
The Christianity which is shared is the Christianity which is convincing.
real support decision
The real process of making decisions, of gathering support, of developing opinions, happens before the meeting or after.
struggle animal law
Mutual aid is as much a law of animal life as mutual struggle.
hero murder villain
One murder makes a villain, millions often a hero.
imagination inspire fuel
A mission could be defined as an image of a desired state that you want to get to. Once fully seen, it will inspire you to act, fuel your imagination and determine your behavior.
lying men maturity
By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie. By postponing the question we have set on immaturity a premium which controls most American personality to its deathbed.
heart men mistress
Since I am a man, my heart is three or four times less sensitive, because I have three or four times as much power of reason and experience of the world -- a thing which you women call hard-heartedness. As a man, I can take refuge in having mistresses. The more of them I have, and the greater the scandal, the more I acquire reputation and brilliance in society.
pain memories believe
I believe that God will help us to forget things, the memory of which would do us harm, or rather that He will enable us to remember only so much of them as will be for our good, and we, ourselves, not emotionally overwhelmed. The pain endured. The lesson learned. Let it now be forgotten! Face the future with courage, cheerfulness, and hope. Give God the chance and He will make you forget all that it would be harmful to remember.
years warning addresses
Many years ago Rudyard Kipling gave an address at McGill University in Montreal. He said one striking thing which deserves to be remembered. Warning the students against an over-concern for money, or position, or glory, he said
responsibility power public-good
The price of power is responsibility for the public good.