Charles M. Schwab

My own idea is that if the men hold any meetings or attempt to form any organization, we should be prepared to…

— Charles M. Schwab

“I have yet to find anyone, however exalted their station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under…

— Charles M. Schwab

A man, to carry on a successful business, must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of…

— Charles M. Schwab

When I first went to work... I had over me an impetuous, hustling man. It was necessary for me to be up…

— Charles M. Schwab

When you start in life, if you find you are wrongly placed, don't hesitate to change, but don't change because troubles come…

— Charles M. Schwab

I am not a believer in large salaries. I hold that every man should be paid for personal production. Our big men…

— Charles M. Schwab

What little success I may have won in life I attribute to the loyalty I had for a dear old friend who…

— Charles M. Schwab

Our efforts must be bent in the direction of convincing the great mass of working people of this country of the necessity…

— Charles M. Schwab

The men who miss success have two general alibis: 'I'm not a genius' is one; the other, 'There aren't the opportunities today…

— Charles M. Schwab

The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is. I don't believe in 'super-men,' for…

— Charles M. Schwab

Many men fail because they do not see the importance of being kind and courteous to the men under them. Kindness to…

— Charles M. Schwab

A man will succeed in anything about which he has real enthusiasm, in which he is genuinely interested, provided that he will…

— Charles M. Schwab

Labor should be recognized as entitled to consult with management in the mutual interest. Labor cannot be driven, and business cannot be…

— Charles M. Schwab

There is nothing a worker resents more than to see some man taking his job. A factory can be closed down, its…

— Charles M. Schwab

Most talk about 'super-geniuses' is nonsense. I have found that when 'stars' drop out, successors are usually at hand to fill their…

— Charles M. Schwab

American industry is spilling over with men who started life even with the leaders, with brains just as big, with hands quite…

— Charles M. Schwab

We hear much of Bolshevism, much of labor unrest; at times, we hear the word 'revolution.' But these are but contagious diseases…

— Charles M. Schwab

Every one's got it in him, if he'll only make up his mind and stick at it. None of us is born…

— Charles M. Schwab

If more persons would get so enthused over their day's work that some one would have to remind them to go out…

— Charles M. Schwab

I became interested, through reading the works of some novelist, in Egyptology and made a study of the pyramids. It was just…

— Charles M. Schwab

Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves. Be thorough in all things, no matter how small or distasteful! The man who…

— Charles M. Schwab

In my own house I rigged up a laboratory and studied chemistry in the evenings, determined that there should be nothing in…

— Charles M. Schwab

I have always believed that the aristocracy of any country should be the men who have succeeded - the men who have…

— Charles M. Schwab

I find my greatest happiness in thinking of those days in Homestead when I labored to bring a thing to perfection entirely…

— Charles M. Schwab

The man who attracts attention is the man who is thinking all the time, and expressing himself in little ways. It is…

— Charles M. Schwab

Fundamentally, the basis of all modern progress is the efficiency of labor. And the only sure road to restored prosperity is through…

— Charles M. Schwab

A factory can be closed down, its chimneys smokeless, waiting for the worker to come back to his job, and all will…

— Charles M. Schwab

The Bethlehem profit-sharing system is based on my belief that every man should get exactly what he makes himself worth. This is…

— Charles M. Schwab

Did you ever stop to think that a great man in life who has won great acclaim and great reputation is the…

— Charles M. Schwab

I mention the need of cooperation and confidence among the men who work, no matter what may be their relative ranks, because…

— Charles M. Schwab

As the train rounded the curve, the great smoking stacks of the Edgar Thomson works, the flaming converters belching forth, made such…

— Charles M. Schwab

We make our own labor unions. We organize our labor into units of 300, and then the representatives of these 300 meet…

— Charles M. Schwab

The supreme need of the world is peace and good will among men. It must be peace founded upon justice and fairness,…

— Charles M. Schwab