--- title: "10 Matter Quotes By Malcolm Forbes" description: "10 Matter quotes by Malcolm Forbes. Plus more from Malcolm Forbes and more Matter sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/malcolm-forbes-1510_aware_people-who-matter-are-most-aware-that-ev_2602403.jpg" --- > [People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/people-who-matter-are-most-aware-that-everyone-else-does-too/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/malcolm-forbes-1510_aware_people-who-matter-are-most-aware-that-ev_2602403.jpg) > [The difference between towering and cowering is totally a matter of inner posture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/the-difference-between-towering-and-cowering-is-totally-a-matter-of/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/malcolm-forbes-1510_differences_the-difference-between-towering-and-cowe_1921886.jpg) > [An inadequate chief executive officer's time at the top is always too long no matter how short.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/an-inadequate-chief-executive-officer-s-time-at-the-top-is-always-too/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/malcolm-forbes-1510_chief-executives_an-inadequate-chief-executive-officer-s_1082973.jpg) > [The day nothing turns you on - you're dead. No matter how many more years you go on breathing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/the-day-nothing-turns-you-on-you-re-dead-no-matter-how-many-more/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/malcolm-forbes-1510_breathing_the-day-nothing-turns-you-on-you-re-dead_353663.jpg) > [Looking the part helps get the chance to fill it. But if you fill the part, it matters not if you look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/looking-the-part-helps-get-the-chance-to-fill-it-but-if-you-fill-the/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/malcolm-forbes-1510_appearance_looking-the-part-helps-get-the-chance-to_2593423.jpg) > [Where you're from only matters in relation to where you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/where-you-re-from-only-matters-in-relation-to-where-you-are/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/malcolm-forbes-1510_joy_where-you-re-from-only-matters-in-relati_1888494.jpg) > [Personal & Confidential. Letters so marked should be. When the contents are only printed matter, though, the minifrauder succeeds in sowing illwill & ire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/personal-confidential-letters-so-marked-should-be-when-the-contents/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/malcolm-forbes-1510_confidential_personal-confidential-letters-so-marked_1189285.jpg) > [Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/over-the-years-i-ve-evolved-a-somewhat-heretical-but-time-and-mind/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/malcolm-forbes-1510_approach_over-the-years-i-ve-evolved-a-somewhat-h_2464671.jpg) > [When a fissure off the California coast started pumping and dumping oil on the nearby towns and beaches, everybody started dumping on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/when-a-fissure-off-the-california-coast-started-pumping-and-dumping/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/malcolm-forbes-1510_amazement_when-a-fissure-off-the-california-coast_2312751.jpg) > [All too often we say of a man doing a good job that he is indispensable. A flattering canard, as so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/all-too-often-we-say-of-a-man-doing-a-good-job-that-he-is/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/malcolm-forbes-1510_able_all-too-often-we-say-of-a-man-doing-a-go_1716297.jpg) ## Other authors on Matter ## More by Malcolm Forbes > [Once in a while there's wisdom in recognizing that the Boss is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/once-in-a-while-there-s-wisdom-in-recognizing-that-the-boss-is/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [Can you understand why the Congress, most states and most cities refuse to pass legislation requiring the registration and licensing of any and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/can-you-understand-why-the-congress-most-states-and-most-cities/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [ I don't think anybody can be a success who doesn't like what they do. \[But it's\] no job if it has no challenge; there's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/i-don-t-think-anybody-can-be-a-success-who-doesn-t-like-what-they-do/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [Why, just a couple of economic seasons ago, was idle cash considered an indication of bad management or lazy management? Because it meant that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/why-just-a-couple-of-economic-seasons-ago-was-idle-cash-considered-an/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response… Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you might call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/real-writers-that-is-capital-w-writers-rarely-make-much-money-their/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/when-things-are-bad-we-take-comfort-in-the-thought-that-they-could/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [Some people as a result of adversity are sadder, wiser, kinder, more human. Most of us are better, though, when things go better. Knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/some-people-as-a-result-of-adversity-are-sadder-wiser-kinder-more/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [The best vision is insight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/the-best-vision-is-insight/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [When you don't understand, it's sometimes easier to look like you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/when-you-don-t-understand-it-s-sometimes-easier-to-look-like-you-do/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/it-s-so-much-easier-to-suggest-solutions-when-you-don-t-know-too-much/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [Security isn't securities. It's knowing that someone cares whether you are or cease to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/security-isn-t-securities-it-s-knowing-that-someone-cares-whether-you/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [It is unfortunate we can't buy many business executives for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/it-is-unfortunate-we-can-t-buy-many-business-executives-for-what-they/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/it-is-all-one-to-me-if-a-man-comes-from-sing-sing-prison-or-harvard/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [Compliment others on the virtues they have; and they're not half as pleased as being complimented for the ones they don't have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/compliment-others-on-the-virtues-they-have-and-they-re-not-half-as/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) > [. . . the most difficult thing asked by our young is not our earnings but our ears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/the-most-difficult-thing-asked-by-our-young-is-not-our-earnings-but/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter/malcolm-forbes/#itemlist", "name": "10 Matter Quotes By Malcolm Forbes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm Forbes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/people-who-matter-are-most-aware-that-everyone-else-does-too/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/malcolm-forbes-1510_aware_people-who-matter-are-most-aware-that-ev_2602403.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/malcolm-forbes-1510_aware_people-who-matter-are-most-aware-that-ev_2602403.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/malcolm-forbes-1510_aware_people-who-matter-are-most-aware-that-ev_2602403.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.” — Malcolm Forbes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The difference between towering and cowering is totally a matter of inner posture.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm Forbes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/the-difference-between-towering-and-cowering-is-totally-a-matter-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/malcolm-forbes-1510_differences_the-difference-between-towering-and-cowe_1921886.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/malcolm-forbes-1510_differences_the-difference-between-towering-and-cowe_1921886.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/malcolm-forbes-1510_differences_the-difference-between-towering-and-cowe_1921886.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The difference between towering and cowering is totally a matter of inner posture.” — Malcolm Forbes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An inadequate chief executive officer's time at the top is always too long no matter how short.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm Forbes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/an-inadequate-chief-executive-officer-s-time-at-the-top-is-always-too/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/malcolm-forbes-1510_chief-executives_an-inadequate-chief-executive-officer-s_1082973.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/malcolm-forbes-1510_chief-executives_an-inadequate-chief-executive-officer-s_1082973.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/malcolm-forbes-1510_chief-executives_an-inadequate-chief-executive-officer-s_1082973.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“An inadequate chief executive officer's time at the top is always too long no matter how short.” — Malcolm Forbes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The day nothing turns you on - you're dead. 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Letters so marked should be. When the contents are only printed matter, though, the minifrauder succeeds in sowing illwill & ire.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm Forbes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/personal-confidential-letters-so-marked-should-be-when-the-contents/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/malcolm-forbes-1510_confidential_personal-confidential-letters-so-marked_1189285.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/malcolm-forbes-1510_confidential_personal-confidential-letters-so-marked_1189285.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/malcolm-forbes-1510_confidential_personal-confidential-letters-so-marked_1189285.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Personal & Confidential. Letters so marked should be. 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