Bruce Halle Quotes

102 Bruce Halle Quotes (The Discount Tire Company, Bruce Thomas Halle)

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People sometimes say, ‘Gee, how did you do what you do? How did you build the company?’ Well, I worked at it for 50 years…
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Little by little, all the pieces kind of come together.
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Be fair, be truthful, work hard, be there on time, and help people.
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I think of myself as an ordinary guy who goes to work every day…
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Go forth into this land and make your dreams come true.
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Find something to like in everyone.
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Be honest. Work hard. Have fun. Be grateful. Pay forward.
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There’s nothing wrong with stealing a good idea.
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It’s not because we were brilliant or smart.
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We were just lucky.
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It’s sometimes better to be lucky than smart, because you’re never that smart.
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Everyone has an unbreakable contract to pay forward to the next customer, the next employee and the next generation.
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Give everyone the benefit of the doubt.
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Negative thoughts are a waste of time.
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Be kind, and have a passion for humility.
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[When he was in high school.] I remember thinking how lucky those guys were. Their parents had businesses.
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[On his homeroom teacher] She had faith in me.
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She just inspired me.
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Keep your ideals close to your heart…
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With your youth and energy go forth into this land…
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This is America, the land of opportunity.
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I’m a private in the Marine Corps and I’m making $18 a month…
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Like a dutiful husband, I followed her into the store…
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I think we were very blessed.
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I think I had a normal childhood.
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I have been blessed to have beautiful people around me.
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Success comes from focusing on what each person owes to his family…
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Work hard, be there on time…
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[To his people at The Discount Tire Company] Do a good job and I’ll provide lifelong opportunity for you.
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What can I do for you today?
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The two worst people in the world to hire are friends and relatives.
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We gave away geraniums, watermelons – anything for some goodwill.
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When you get somebody’s else’s store, you are getting their reputation too.
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I think I had a normal childhood. I can’t remember anything being hard about it, just a normal family growing up. What does it mean? Normal? There were no real big problems with my life as a child growing up. I just moved along and got older each year. No bad things happened.
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We were little Catholic kids and we were growing up in a small town.
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My dad was a fight kind of guy, so we always listened to fights.
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[On his mother] She was a lady. She was a manager. She was the brains of the family.
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Dad was a great guy, but Mom handled the finances and that kind of thing. Mom was charming, sweet and nice, where Dad was the hit man, the muscle.
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Until he passed away, my dad always knelt at his bed at night and said prayers. He always did. Mom did too.
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We had a beautiful childhood. There were no problems, no fights and no drunkenness, no swearing. It was a beautiful family. I think we were very blessed.
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