45 Paul Harvey Quotes Telling “The Rest of the Story”

These Paul Harvey quotes will help you get a better feel for the man that shared “The Rest of the Story” with the world.

Paul Harvey was a popular American radio broadcaster for much of his life. His voice and message was shared across 400 network stations, 300 newspapers, and 1,200 radio stations.

While he ended up being a voice that many people recognized, he got his start on radio by reading commercials when he was still young.

He continued to move up in the news station over the years. After serving a stint in World War II before being discharged, he ended up back in broadcasting where he started using the tagline “The rest of the story” in 1946 which he became famously known for.

He eventually had a program called The Rest of the Story which shared backstories on events and people that you might not have heard before.

Don’t forget to also check out these legendary Larry King quotes from America’s talk show host.

Best Paul Harvey quotes to inspire you

1. “If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will.” – Paul Harvey

2. “Ever since I made tomorrow my favorite day, I’ve been uncomfortable looking back.” – Paul Harvey

3. “Luck is a word used to describe the success of people you don’t like.” – Paul Harvey

4. “Every pessimist who ever lived has been buried in an unmarked grave. Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always will be.” – Paul Harvey

5. “I have never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.” – Paul Harvey

6. “When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall.” – Paul Harvey

7. “For me, success is, during this early pilgrimage, to leave the woodpile a little higher than I found it.” – Paul Harvey

8. “Growth is the process of responding positively to change.” – Paul Harvey

9. “The years don’t always add wisdom, but they do add perspective.” – Paul Harvey

10. “Oh, things always get better. Tomorrow will always be better. Just think about it . . . is there any time in history in which you’d rather live than now?” – Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey quotes from “The Rest Of The Story”

11. “In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.” – Paul Harvey

12. “Self-government won’t work without self-discipline.” – Paul Harvey

13. “Now you know the rest of the story.” – Paul Harvey

14. “Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. That doesn’t take any practice.” – Paul Harvey

15. “We’ve drifted away from being fishers of men to being keepers of the aquarium.” – Paul Harvey

16. “Man — despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments — owes his existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.” – Paul Harvey

17. “The indignation of politicians is NOT a good measure of the gravity of any situation.” – Paul Harvey

18. “Everything you use in a modern lifestyle has to be made using a tool of some sort.” – Paul Harvey

19. “Each generation imagines that we’re all going to hell. Each generation goes through a little hell and comes out heat tempered and better than before.” – Paul Harvey

20. “Golf is a game in which you yell ‘fore,’ shoot six, and write down five.” – Paul Harvey

Famous Paul Harvey quotes and catchphrases

21. “If ‘pro’ is the opposite of ‘con’ what is the opposite of ‘progress’?” – Paul Harvey

22. “I was never one who sought to make the small man tall by cutting off the legs of a giant. I wanted to drag no man down to my size. Only to preserve a way of life which might make it possible for me, one day, to elevate myself until I at least partly matched his size.” – Paul Harvey

23. “Cut out the free feed for the boss hogs at the public trough and the spill-over they’ve been leaving us. We’ll manage.” – Paul Harvey

24. “I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is.” – Paul Harvey

25. “In small towns as well as large, good people outnumber bad people by 100 to 1. In big towns the 100 are nervous. But in small towns, it’s the one.” – Paul Harvey

26. “Fathers are men who give daughters away to other men who aren’t nearly good enough…so they can have grandchildren who are smarter than anybody’s.” – Paul Harvey

27. “It was self-serving politicians who convinced recent generations of Americans that we could all stand in a circle with our hands in each other’s pockets and somehow get rich.” – Paul Harvey

28. “Paul Harvey was the most listened to man in the history of radio. … There is no one who will ever come close to him.” – Bruce Dumont

29. “But, as all scientists know, there is a time lag of 12 to 18 months between the time a manuscript is submitted and the time it is published in a scientific journal.” – Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey Quotes About Governmental System

30. “Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don’t vote.” – Paul Harvey

31. “We were poor, but we didn’t know it. There were no government bureaus in those days presuming to determine where poorness begins and ends, but I don’t remember ever being hungry.” – Paul Harvey

32. “When America’s early pioneers first turned their eyes toward the West, they did not demand that somebody take care of them if they got ill or got old. They did not demand maximum pay for minimum work, and even pay for no work at all.” – Paul Harvey

33. “One vote. That’s a big weapon you have there, Mister. In 1948, just one additional vote in each precinct would have elected Dewey. In 1960, one vote in each precinct in Illinois would have elected Nixon. One vote.” – Paul Harvey

34. “If pro is the opposite of ‘con’ what is the opposite of ‘progress’?” – Paul Harvey

35. “Dependency arguments often come from elites – either aid agencies or governments – and say something about attitudes to poor people.” – Paul Harvey

36. “Communism has defeated itself everywhere except… in American colleges.” – Paul Harvey

37. “Self Government won’t work without self-discipline.” – Paul Harvey

38. “Government has to be cut back like asparagus… every day… or it gets away and goes to seed. Ours did. When there’s too much of it, the flower becomes the weed.” – Paul Harvey

Motivational Paul Harvey Quotes

39. “If you don’t live it, you don’t believe it.” – Paul Harvey

40. “Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always will be.” – Paul Harvey

41. “Stay in your seat come times of trouble. It’s only people who jump off the roller coaster who get hurt.” – Paul Harvey

42. “I just get up again when I fall down.” – Paul Harvey

43. “Like what you do. If you don’t like it, do something else.” – Paul Harvey

44. “These things I wish for you – tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it’s the only way to appreciate life.” – Paul Harvey

45. “You can always tell when you are on the road to success; it’s uphill all the way.” – Paul Harvey

What did you learn from these Paul Harvey quotes?

Paul Harvey became well acquainted and friends with many different people throughout his life. It’s easy to see how he would come in contact with all these different people through the work that he did. He was connected with people like J. Edgar Hoover and Billy Graham.

He was known for including his right-wing opinion through his broadcasts along with heart-warming stories that connected with the average American. His voice is one that many people recognize from “Hello Americans, this is Paul Harvey. Stand by for the news.” to signing off with “Paul Harvey… Good day” or “good night” and the ever-popular, “And now you know the rest of the story.”

What’s your biggest takeaway from these Paul Harvey quotes and sayings? Do you have any other favorite quotes to add? Let us know in the comment section below.

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