Years later, when I asked my father, I said 'Pop, why were you so much harder on me than my younger brothers?'… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
My father would always say "learn everything you can and whenever you can, because you never know when it'll come in handy." — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The great thing about my parents is they didn't preach anything they didn't practice. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
My father wanted to instill the work ethic. And, because he knew if you don't learn to work to be more productive… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Both my parents were a tremendous influence on me. My father's influence came from - he decided well, probably before we were… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
My parents worked really hard at communicating other values they felt were important, such as integrity, courage, humility, treating others with dignity… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
First word [of my father] when I arrived [as a CEO] is, 'Son, i hope your first deal is a loser, otherwise,… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence was only partially applied for women and for certain immigrants such as the Chinese. And it wasn't applied… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
My father told me "If you choose to let this money destroy your initiative and independence, then it will be a curse… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
My father announced early on that he didn't want his sons to be "country club bums." And for a number of reasons,… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
If you're a leader at any level and your people aren't challenging you, you've got to change that or you can't be a leader… — Charles Koch Copy Share
Our system here of creating value for others and having people do the right thing, exchange information, and so on only works if people… — Charles Koch Copy Share
You can't start taking away benefits if people don't have any opportunities. — Charles Koch Copy Share
I've been blessed by learning certain principles and values that transformed my life and enabled me to accomplish more than I really had the… — Charles Koch Copy Share
In business, real jobs profitably produce goods and services that people value more highly than their alternatives. Subsidizing inefficient jobs is costly, wastes resources,… — Charles Koch Copy Share
I studied what principles under-laid peace and prosperity and concluded the only way to achieve societal well-being was through a system of economic freedom. — Charles Koch Copy Share
They say your genetics are going to set your direction regardless of what happens, but I think there's more to it than that. — Charles Koch Copy Share
I have been a libertarian in my past but now I consider myself a classical liberal. — Charles Koch Copy Share
We oppose all corporate welfare, whether we benefit or not. You will find that our policy positions mainly hurt our profitability rather than help… — Charles Koch Copy Share
The trajectory of this country [USA] is not positive and particularly for the disadvantaged, as we see what's happening. The gains in productivity have… — Charles Koch Copy Share
The role of business is to provide products and services that make people's live better - while using fewer resources - and to act… — Charles Koch Copy Share
To end cronyism we must end government's ability to dole out favors and rig the market. — Charles Koch Copy Share
How do we make people's lives better unless we find the truth of what works and what doesn't? — Charles Koch Copy Share
You pass a program and get people dependent on it, making it brutal to get rid of. The key is not letting it get… — Charles Koch Copy Share
![“First word [of my father] when I arrived [as a CEO] is, 'Son, i hope your first deal is a loser, otherwise, you'll think you're a lot smarter than you are.' But he had tremendous values, tremendous integrity, humility, work ethic and terrific thirst for knowledge.” quote by Charles Koch](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0c1/charles-koch-2666_ceo_first-word-of-my-father-when-i-arrived-a_3034090.jpg)
