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
acceptance self pay-the-price
A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self- denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far.
men greed cost
The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
appreciation often-can accomplish
A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.
cheating deception cheated-on
Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
work thinking careers
Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.
race important speed
In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
life golf hazards
Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
opportunity men use
Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself to grasp opportunity, and opportunity is likely to come your way. It is not so fickle, capricious and unreasoning as some complain.
yield satisfaction bargaining
The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
patience reality men
Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
success crush memories
Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful [business] giants and, if you know anything about their careers, you will be struck by the fact that almost every one of them encountered inordinate difficulties sufficient to crush all but the gamest of spirits. Edison went hungry many times before he became famous.
race important speed
How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.
men self simplicity
The man of fixed ingrained principles who has mapped out a straight course, and has the courage and self-control to adhere to it, does not find life complex. Complexities are all of our own making.
honesty character belief
Honesty is the cornerstone of character.