Charles R. Schwab

Many times I can see a solution to something differently and quicker than other people. I see the end zone and say…

— Charles R. Schwab

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you've got.

— Charles R. Schwab

We are all salesmen every day of our lives. We are selling our ideas, our plans, our enthusiasms to those with whom…

— Charles R. Schwab

I couldn't read. I just scraped by. My solution back then was to read classic comic books because I could figure them…

— Charles R. Schwab

Most of the mutual fund investments I have are index funds, approximately 75%.

— Charles R. Schwab

There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe…

— Charles R. Schwab

People succeed at just about anything they're genuinely enthusiastic about.

— Charles R. Schwab

I quickly learned that if I kept at it and plowed right through the rejections I would eventually get somebody to buy…

— Charles R. Schwab

One can succeed at almost anything for which he has enthusiasm.

— Charles R. Schwab

I did as much as I could: raising chickens, pushing an ice-cream cart, bagging walnuts, driving a tractor on a beet farm,…

— Charles R. Schwab

It's fun to play around... it's human nature to try to select the right horse... But for the average person, I'm more…

— Charles R. Schwab

Nobody wants to be passive; indexing is not passive - much more goes into indexing than watching a stock become the next…

— Charles R. Schwab

The way to get things done is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the…

— Charles R. Schwab

Kindness is more powerful than compulsion.

— Charles R. Schwab

There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone...If I like…

— Charles R. Schwab

At the end of every day, having a clientele that speaks well of you, that's the largest source of business. I don't…

— Charles R. Schwab

Three men were laying brick. The first was asked: " What are you doing? He answered: " Laying some brick." The second…

— Charles R. Schwab

I am like a chief. I like to taste the food. If it tastes bad, I don't serve it. I'm constantly monitoring…

— Charles R. Schwab

The nasty little secret was that I couldn't read worth a darn. In my case, I still read very slowly to this…

— Charles R. Schwab

Don't limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded.

— Charles R. Schwab

The man who has done less than his best has done nothing.

— Charles R. Schwab

The word passive does a disservice to investors considering their options. Indexing provides an effective means of owning the market and allows…

— Charles R. Schwab