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Employers, have you ever stopped to reckon what the goodwill of your workers is worth? ... In most large concerns it would… — B. C. Forbes Animated Copy Share Image
The bell of public opinion is today making the Morgan-Rockefeller-Vanderbilt class jump. Nor are the strongest of our corporations immune. The railroads… — B. C. Forbes Bells 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 Articles Copy Share Image
Henry Ford has several times sneered at unproductive stockholders.... Well, now. Let's see. Who made Henry Ford's own automobile company possible? The… — B. C. Forbes Automobile Copy Share Image
How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important… — B. C. Forbes Important 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 Business Copy Share Image
The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey. — B. C. Forbes Belief Copy Share Image
The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty, esteem, cordiality, sympathy, affection, readiness to aid, to… — B. C. Forbes Affection Copy Share Image
If you do the best and the most you can today, don't worry about tomorrow. — B. C. Forbes Do the best Copy Share Image
The victors of the battles of tomorrow will be those who can best harness thought to action. From office boy to statesman,… — B. C. Forbes Action Copy Share Image
The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure. — B. C. Forbes Conscience Copy Share Image
It is the hard-boiled employer, not the soft-hearted species, that incites most of our strikes and does most ot endanger the harmonious… — B. C. Forbes Democracy Copy Share Image
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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 Action Copy Share Image
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A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and… — B. C. Forbes Acceptance Copy Share Image
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