Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast, man consumed with… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
A big business man was telling Henry Ford about a coach driver of super-expertness with his whip. The driver was telling how… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Timing is everything. Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how far he is likely… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
For my part, I rather distrust men or concerns that rise up with the speed of rockets. Sudden rises are sometimes followed… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
...the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Had I not gone through the ordeal, in more than one country, of landing a job, I would he tempted to lose… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
America, in the eyes of the world, typifies above all else this quality of initiative. The greatest successes are nearly all the… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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
The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey. — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Here's a pointer culled from the careers of men who have attained notable success: Don't sit in your office during the hours… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is the parent of enterprise. Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. They have retained bubbling-over boyishness. They have relished wit,… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Frank W. Woolworth once told me that the turning-point in his career did not come until he was thrown flat on his… — 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
The man of fixed ingrained principles who has mapped out a straight course, and has the courage and self-control to adhere to… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well as to the leanness or fatness of… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
J.P. Morgan, then past 70, was asked by the son of an eminent father why he [Morgan] didn't retire. When did your… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Many men who do creditable things refuse to let it be known. This is a mistake. While we all admire modesty, nevertheless… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively,… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
I have known not a few men who, after reaching the summits of business success, found themselves miserable on attaining retirement age.… — 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
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… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast, man consumed with earnestness of… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Timing is everything. Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how far he is likely to go… — 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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