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
ideas trouble bigs
You have no idea how big the other fellow's troubles are.
often-is triumph defeat
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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.
business too-late forget
Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.
agreement hands drawing
First make sure that what you aspire to accomplish is worth accomplishing, and then throw your whole vitality into it. What's worth doing is worth doing well. And to do anything well, wheter it be typing a letter or drawing up an agreement involving millions, we must give not only our hands to the doing of it, but our brains, our enthusiasm, the best - all that is in us. The task to which you dedicate yourself can never become a drudgery.
business real riches
Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
jealousy cancer jealous
Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
determination exercise fighting
No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage, determination, resolution.
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.
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.
inspirational opportunity doors
Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.
motivation business inspiration
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
sweetest known
Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
appreciation often-can accomplish
A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.