There are two brands of discontent: the brand that merely fosters greed and snarling and back-biting, and the brand that inspires greater… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that… — B. C. Forbes Arrangements Copy Share Image
Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful [business] giants and, if you know anything about their careers, you will be… — B. C. Forbes Business Copy Share Image
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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… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. They have retained bubbling-over boyishness. They have relished wit,… — B. C. Forbes American business Copy Share Image
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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…… — B. C. Forbes Business Copy Share Image
The British have their own conception of what constitutes the typical American. He must have a flavor of the Wild West about… — B. C. Forbes Action Copy Share Image
Vacations for wage earners have proved both popular with workers and profitable for employers. Unfortunately, the majority of large employers have not… — B. C. Forbes 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 Copy Share Image
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America, in the eyes of the world, typifies above all else this quality of initiative. The greatest successes are nearly all the… — B. C. Forbes Achievement Copy Share Image
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Henry Ward Beecher, so the story goes, was once asked by a young preacher how he could keep his congregation wide awake… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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