Inspirational Quotes by George Horace Lorimer (American Magazine Editor)

George Horace Lorimer (1867–1937) was an American editor, author, and publisher, best known for his influential role as editor of The Saturday Evening Post, a leading magazine of the early 20th century.

Born in Danville, Illinois, Lorimer attended Harvard University before beginning his journalism career. In 1899, he became editor of The Saturday Evening Post, a position he held until his death. Over his 38-year tenure, he transformed the publication into a significant cultural force, featuring works by writers such as Norman Rockwell, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Willa Cather. Under his guidance, the magazine reached peak success, driven by his deep understanding of popular American tastes.

Lorimer’s editorial talent lay in selecting compelling stories and nurturing both established and new authors. He also contributed his own work, including Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son (1900,) a series of fictional letters between a businessman and his son, and The Land of the Free (1916,) a collection of essays capturing American ideals.

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Colleges don’t make fools, they only develop them.
—George Horace Lorimer
Topics: Fools, Foolishness

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don’t want to set him down as a failure till he’s dead or loses his courage—and that’s the same thing.
—George Horace Lorimer
Topics: Success, Failure, Courage, Failures, Mistakes

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.
—George Horace Lorimer
Topics: Discipline, Determination, Satisfaction

It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check once in awhile and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.
—George Horace Lorimer

Writing is like religion. Every man who feels the call must work out his own salvation.
—George Horace Lorimer
Topics: Writing

Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it.
—George Horace Lorimer
Topics: Principles

The daily newspaper sustains the same relation to the young writer as the hospital to the medical student.
—George Horace Lorimer
Topics: Journalism

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