Malcolm Forbes

When you don't want something enough to make the effort, making an effort is a waste.

— Malcolm Forbes

Some of the biggest bores I've ever known are men who have been highly successful in business, particularly self-made heads of big…

— Malcolm Forbes

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

— Malcolm Forbes

None of my other investments give me the joy that autographs do because they make me feel that I am holding a…

— Malcolm Forbes

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth…

— Malcolm Forbes

There's no way to move without making waves.

— Malcolm Forbes

People who stare deserve the looks they get.

— Malcolm Forbes

Looking the part helps get the chance to fill it. But if you fill the part, it matters not if you look…

— Malcolm Forbes

People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.

— Malcolm Forbes

The ultimate high: A man's abilities equaling his opinion of'em.

— Malcolm Forbes

There are more fakers in business than in jail.

— Malcolm Forbes

If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.

— Malcolm Forbes

Too few accomplish twice as much as too many.

— Malcolm Forbes

Trying to impress others does - usually in quite the opposite way.

— Malcolm Forbes

You can't fool the mirror-what you see is what you are.

— Malcolm Forbes

I think the foremost quality - there's no success without it - is really loving what you do. If you love it,…

— Malcolm Forbes

Several weeks of summer vacation in the Thirties I spent working at $15 a week in the FORBES office.... I worked in…

— Malcolm Forbes

I haven't a clue about the biology or the psychology involved when a person dissolves into tears, but it is quite fascinating…

— Malcolm Forbes

To measure the man, measure his heart.

— Malcolm Forbes

The top people of the biggest companies are, surprisingly, often the nicest ones in their company I'm not sure, though, if they…

— Malcolm Forbes

Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did.

— Malcolm Forbes

“Only a handful of companies understand that all successful business operations come down to three basic principles: People, Product, Profit. Without TOP…

— Malcolm Forbes

Venture nothing, and life is less than it should be.

— Malcolm Forbes

It's great to arrive, but the trip's most always most of the fun.

— Malcolm Forbes

If you don't watch your figure, you'll have more figure to watch.

— Malcolm Forbes