--- title: "12 Firsts Quotes By B. C. Forbes" description: "12 Firsts quotes by B. C. Forbes. Plus more from B. C. Forbes and more Firsts sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/b-c-forbes-2124_decision_vitally-important-for-a-young-man-or-wom_1375670.jpg" --- > [Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/vitally-important-for-a-young-man-or-woman-is-first-to-realize-the/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/b-c-forbes-2124_decision_vitally-important-for-a-young-man-or-wom_1375670.jpg) > [When you delve deep enough, you find that practically every great fortune and great enterprise in America have sprung from the courageous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/when-you-delve-deep-enough-you-find-that-practically-every-great/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/b-c-forbes-2124_america_when-you-delve-deep-enough-you-find-that_191688.jpg) > [A certain ultra-dignified gentleman of unusual prominence carried himself so stiffly that nobody felt free to call him by his first name.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/a-certain-ultra-dignified-gentleman-of-unusual-prominence-carried/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/b-c-forbes-2124_associates_a-certain-ultra-dignified-gentleman-of-u_1704502.jpg) > [A magazine editor recently asked me to sit down on my 40th birthday and write an article on the most important things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/a-magazine-editor-recently-asked-me-to-sit-down-on-my-40th-birthday/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/b-c-forbes-2124_40th-birthday_a-magazine-editor-recently-asked-me-to-s_1921872.jpg) > [It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/it-can-be-set-down-as-a-broad-general-principle-that-we-cannot/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6b/b-c-forbes-2124_able_it-can-be-set-down-as-a-broad-general-pr_195180.jpg) > [First make sure that what you aspire to accomplish is worth accomplishing, and then throw your whole vitality into it. What's worth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/first-make-sure-that-what-you-aspire-to-accomplish-is-worth/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/b-c-forbes-2124_accomplish_first-make-sure-that-what-you-aspire-to_1401533.jpg) > [No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/no-man-can-fight-his-way-to-the-top-and-stay-at-the-top-without/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/b-c-forbes-2124_courage_no-man-can-fight-his-way-to-the-top-and_1407487.jpg) > [Is America becoming decadent? Do we no longer regard our promises and pledges as sacred? ... We promised to make peace with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/is-america-becoming-decadent-do-we-no-longer-regard-our-promises-and/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/612/b-c-forbes-2124_advantage_is-america-becoming-decadent-do-we-no-lo_1232185.jpg) > [With all thy getting, get understanding, is the banner under which these Forbes editorials have appeared since the first issue of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/with-all-thy-getting-get-understanding-is-the-banner-under-which/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/b-c-forbes-2124_amount_with-all-thy-getting-get-understanding-i_2334065.jpg) > [After visiting several of America's most fashionable playgrounds, I have reached the conclusion that men who work hard enjoy life most. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/after-visiting-several-of-america-s-most-fashionable-playgrounds-i/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc3/b-c-forbes-2124_activity_after-visiting-several-of-america-s-most_2466955.jpg) > [Happiness is normally the prime search of every rational human being. One way to derive increasing happiness during the year we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/happiness-is-normally-the-prime-search-of-every-rational-human-being/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/b-c-forbes-2124_conquer_happiness-is-normally-the-prime-search-o_214025.jpg) > [Now, ideas are the raw material of progress. Everything first takes shape in the form of an idea. But an idea itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/now-ideas-are-the-raw-material-of-progress-everything-first-takes/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/b-c-forbes-2124_accomplish_now-ideas-are-the-raw-material-of-progre_1691620.jpg) ## Other authors on Firsts ## More by B. C. Forbes > [Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/our-future-and-our-fate-lie-in-our-wills-more-than-in-our-hands-for/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [What one thing does the world need most today-apart, that is, from the all-inclusive thing we call righteousness? Aren't you inclined to agree that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/what-one-thing-does-the-world-need-most-today-apart-that-is-from-the/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [Are soft-hearted people handicapped in business? You have heard a businessman say of someone else, He's all right, but he's too soft-hearted… To be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/are-soft-hearted-people-handicapped-in-business-you-have-heard-a/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast, man consumed with earnestness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/search-and-you-will-find-that-at-the-base-and-birth-of-every-great/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [A big business man was telling Henry Ford about a coach driver of super-expertness with his whip. The driver was telling how he could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/a-big-business-man-was-telling-henry-ford-about-a-coach-driver-of/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/better-to-be-occasionally-cheated-than-perpetually-suspicious/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/honesty-pays-dividends-both-in-dollars-and-in-peace-of-mind/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [Timing is everything. Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how far he is likely to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/timing-is-everything-tell-me-how-a-young-man-spends-his-evenings-and/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/to-succeed-we-must-have-the-will-to-succeed-we-must-have-stamina/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [There are two brands of discontent: the brand that merely fosters greed and snarling and back-biting, and the brand that inspires greater and greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/there-are-two-brands-of-discontent-the-brand-that-merely-fosters/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [Which class is happiest, the rich, the middle class or the poor? A very successful executive of a large organization touches upon this vital…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/which-class-is-happiest-the-rich-the-middle-class-or-the-poor-a-very/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [Are your desires purely selfish? Do your tastes run to a grand home, automobiles, fine clothes, an abundance of amusements, and so forth? If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/are-your-desires-purely-selfish-do-your-tastes-run-to-a-grand-home/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [When you delve deep enough, you find that practically every great fortune and great enterprise in America have sprung from the courageous enterprise of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/when-you-delve-deep-enough-you-find-that-practically-every-great/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first and second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/it-can-be-set-down-as-a-broad-general-principle-that-we-cannot/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) > [The Christmas spirit brings home to us-or should bring home to us-the profound Biblical truth that it is more blessed to give than to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/the-christmas-spirit-brings-home-to-us-or-should-bring-home-to-us-the/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/firsts/b-c-forbes/#itemlist", "name": "12 Firsts Quotes By B. C. Forbes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "B. C. 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