All Malcolm Forbes Quotes
- . . . the most difficult thing asked by our young is not our earnings but our ears. Asked
- If you're looking for perfection, look in the mirror. If you find it there, expect it elsewhere. Elsewhere
- The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Education
- Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy… Business
- Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are. Always Makes
- Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs. Chunks
- The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy. Biggest
- When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the… Adversity
- Diversity: the art of thinking independently together. Art
- It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem. Decision
- By the time we've made it, we've had it. Inspirational
- The best vision is insight. Best
- It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history. Ability
- People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too. Attitude
- To measure the man, measure his heart. Character
- Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it. Authority
- Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections. Anyone
- If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass… Along
- Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all. All
- Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same. Business
- Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful. Follows
- Presence is more than just being there. Action
- Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat. Defeat
- Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time. All
- If you never budge, don't expect a push. Budge