...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
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
Summer, with its dog days, its vacations, its distractions, is over. We have had our holidays, our rest, our recreation. The fall… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Optimism is a tonic. Pessimism is poison. Admittedly, every businessman must be realistic. He must gather facts, analyze them candidly and strive… — 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
To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith. — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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
Are your desires purely selfish? Do your tastes run to a grand home, automobiles, fine clothes, an abundance of amusements, and so forth? If… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
