The most famous self-made man in the world today is our own Edison. Talk with Mr. Edison and he will tell you… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
How many men I know who are earning dollars aplenty, but who are really earning little of what counts. They are so… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
When the worms are scarce, what does a hen do? Does she stop scratching? She does not. She scratches all the harder.… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Many a man has walked up to the opportunity for which he has long been preparing himself, looked it full in the… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Managing the other fellow's business is a fascinating game. Trade unionists all over the country have pronounced ideas for the reform of… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful [business] giants and, if you know anything about their careers, you will be… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
I don't feel myself that I Know it all, but I have enough conceit to be successful. That observation was made by… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
If the World War [I] demonstrated anything it was that government ownership is fraught with the gravest dangers and usually leads to… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Vacations for wage earners have proved both popular with workers and profitable for employers. Unfortunately, the majority of large employers have not… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
It is a great mistake for presidents and other leading executives of organizations having branches throughout the country to chain themselves to… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills. — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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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… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Which class is happiest, the rich, the middle class or the poor? A very successful executive of a large organization touches upon this vital… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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