Important Quotes by B. C. Forbes

9 Important quotes by B. C. Forbes

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When you think about significance, B. C. Forbes offers a concise set of perspectives that cut straight to the heart of the matter. These nine snippets serve as a quick yet meaningful glimpse into how this author frames importance in everyday life.

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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.

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Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively,…

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How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important…

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How you start is important, very important, but in the end it is how you finish that counts. It is easier to…

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Do too many executives still indulge in the short-sighted habit of issuing orders without taking the slightest pains to explain to those…

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He is a wise man who seeks by every legitimate means to make all the money he can honestly, for money can…

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A magazine editor recently asked me to sit down on my 40th birthday and write an article on the most important things…

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After visiting several of America's most fashionable playgrounds, I have reached the conclusion that men who work hard enjoy life most. The…

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Ugliness, squalor are breeding grounds for revolution. Beauty is conducive to tranquillity, happiness. Beautifying of homes and places of worship began with…

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Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.

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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…

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Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast, man consumed with earnestness of…

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Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.

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Timing is everything. Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how far he is likely to go…

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To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.

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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…

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Which class is happiest, the rich, the middle class or the poor? A very successful executive of a large organization touches upon this vital…

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Are your desires purely selfish? Do your tastes run to a grand home, automobiles, fine clothes, an abundance of amusements, and so forth? If…

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When you delve deep enough, you find that practically every great fortune and great enterprise in America have sprung from the courageous enterprise of…

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