B. C. Forbes
B. C. Forbes
Bertie Charles Forbeswas a Scottish-born American financial journalist and author who founded Forbes magazine...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 May 1880
motivation business inspiration
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
inspirational opportunity doors
Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.
inspirational perseverance courage
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
lying fate hands
Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.
business real riches
Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
jealousy cancer jealous
Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
leadership men order
The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
dream determination accomplishment
The Bible says, 'Where there is no vision, the people perish.' Have you a vision? And are you undeviatingly pressing and pushing toward its accomplishment? Dreaming alone will not get you there. Mix your dreams with determination and action.
business too-late forget
Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.
workout sleep tired
Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you can't help going to sleep, and when you wake up you won't want to worry.
greed world rich
The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
faith confidence courage
He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.
often-is triumph defeat
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
yield goodwill
Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.