Courtesy is doing that which nothing under the sun makes you do but human kindness. Courtesy springs from the heart; if the… — B. C. Forbes Action Copy Share Image
A magazine editor recently asked me to sit down on my 40th birthday and write an article on the most important things… — B. C. Forbes 40th birthday Copy Share Image
A young financial writer once brought ridicule upon himself by stating that a certain company had nothing to commend it except excellent… — B. C. Forbes Be good Copy Share Image
The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure. — B. C. Forbes Done Copy Share Image
Whimpering never kept a leaking vessel from foundering. Vigorously manning the pumps has. Get busy with your head and hands, not your… — B. C. Forbes Busy Copy Share Image
It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal. — B. C. Forbes Basketball Copy Share Image
The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to… — B. C. Forbes Big things Copy Share Image
The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who… — B. C. Forbes Bible 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 Achievement Copy Share Image
Uncertainty hurts business. It annoys individuals. Why keep the whole country, including business and individuals, in uncertainty over the extent of the… — B. C. Forbes Action Copy Share Image
The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys. — B. C. Forbes Friendship Copy Share Image
Which is more worthwhile earning: a large fortune or the esteem and gratitude of the nation? This question is prompted anew by… — B. C. Forbes Accounts Copy Share Image
In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. — B. C. Forbes Important Copy Share Image
The more I move among workers and factories and other plants, the stronger I become convinced that it is advisable to have… — B. C. Forbes Advisable Copy Share Image
Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity. — B. C. Forbes Able Copy Share Image
There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive. — B. C. Forbes Credit Copy Share Image
Without self-respect there can be no genuine success. Success won at the cost of self-respect is not success ? for what shall… — B. C. Forbes Cost Copy Share Image
If the World War [I] demonstrated anything it was that government ownership is fraught with the gravest dangers and usually leads to… — B. C. Forbes Animal Copy Share Image
How we love to blame others for our misfortunes! Almost every individual who has lost money in stock speculation has on the… — B. C. Forbes Blame Copy Share Image
Whenever possible, I like to have the supreme head of a company show me over the works. It is extremely illuminating to… — B. C. Forbes Attitude Copy Share Image
With all thy getting, get understanding, is the banner under which these Forbes editorials have appeared since the first issue of the… — B. C. Forbes Amount Copy Share Image
The things that are most worthwhile in life are really those within the reach of almost every normal human being who cares… — B. C. Forbes Care Copy Share Image
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