B.J. Palmer did a lot of great things in his lifetime. He developed chiropractic, he was influential in the development of radio in this country, he brought the first x-ray machine to the United States, etc., etc.
Because of the many great things he did, it gives a little more credence to the words of wisdom he so often shared.
We call those words of wisdom epigrams, and I thought today it would be fun to post B.J.’s best stuff.
“We make a living by what we get. But a life by what we give.”
“Chiropractic is health insurance. Premiums small. Dividends large.”
“We appreciate the power of being able to be useful to mankind.”
“An obstacle is what you see when you take your eyes off the goal.”
“It takes 65 muscles to frown and 13 to smile. Why work overtime?”
“Smile and smile often. Smile regularly. Smile when you don’t feel like it and you will feel like it when you smile.”
“Every organ in your body is connected to the one under your hat.”
“Miracles are manifestations for which science has no definition, no analysis.”
“Expect Miracles.”
“Keep Smiling.”
“The power that made the body heals the body.”
“It is better to light one candle than curse the darkness.”
“Many of us take better care of our automobiles than we do our own bodies… yet the auto has replaceable parts.”
“We never know how far reaching something we think, say, or do today will affect millions of lives tomorrow.”
“Healing takes time.”
“Get the Big Idea. All else follows.”
“Education is a national asset. Vaccination is a national liability.”
“Following the paths of least resistance is what makes rivers and men crooked.”
“Think! Speak! Act, Positives! I Am! I Will! I Can! I Must!”
“I would rather be a has-been than a never was, because a never-was never was, and a has-been has been.”
“The only people who enjoy hearing your troubles are lawyers who make money patching ‘em up; doctors who get paid for ripping ‘em out and preachers who accept gratuities for praying ‘em away.”
“Where there is no vision, people perish.”
“If the ‘germ theory of disease’ were correct, there’d be no one living to believe it.”
“If you are in the right, you can afford to keep your temper. If you are in the wrong, you cannot afford to lose it.”
“The love you give away is the love you keep.”
“Man is a great big soul carrying around a little stubborn matter.”
“Rule No. 9- Don’t take yourself too damn seriously.”
“Of course the lions didn’t eat Daniel – he was all backbone.”
“Is life worth living? That depends on the liver.”
“‘Early to bed, early to rise,’ Work like hell- and advertise, ‘Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.’”
“A man is clean outside and in; he neither looks up to the rich nor down to the poor; he can lose without squealing and win without bragging; he is considerate of women, children, and old people; he is too brave to lie, too generous to cheat, and he takes his share of the world and lets others have theirs.”
Have a great weekend!
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These are actually really good. I like all the ones about smiling. I needed those today!
Love the quotes. I will be adding many of the same ones to the walls of my practice very soon.
Keep up the great work.
Dr. B
It never gets old to see these all over the walls throughout the Palmer campus.
I am with Dr. Bulow…I am in the process of planning the same.