Opportunity Quotes by B. C. Forbes

9 Opportunity quotes by B. C. Forbes

All Opportunity quotes B. C. Forbes’s page

Forbes’ reflections blend optimism with concrete steps. Across nine short lines, his emphasis on proactive effort makes each opening feel within reach.

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Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.

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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.

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Many a man has walked up to the opportunity for which he has long been preparing himself, looked it full in the…

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The young man who addresses himself in stern earnest to organizing his life-his habits, his associations, his reading, his study, his work-stands…

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Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the…

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Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The…

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Summer, with its dog days, its vacations, its distractions, is over. We have had our holidays, our rest, our recreation. The fall…

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Which is more worthwhile earning: a large fortune or the esteem and gratitude of the nation? This question is prompted anew by…

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The majority of America's colossal fortunes have been made by entering industries in their early stages and developing leadership in them… Think…

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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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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…

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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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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…

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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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