Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. They have retained bubbling-over boyishness. They have relished wit, they have indulged in humor. They have not allowed ‘dignity’ to depress them into moroseness. Youthfulness of spirit… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. Youthfulness of spirit is the twin brother of optimism... Resist growing up! — 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
When you delve deep enough, you find that practically every great fortune and great enterprise in America have sprung from the courageous enterprise of… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first and second… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
The Christmas spirit brings home to us-or should bring home to us-the profound Biblical truth that it is more blessed to give than to… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
