Charles M. Schwab
Charles M. Schwab
Charles Michael Schwabwas an American steel magnate. Under his leadership, Bethlehem Steel became the second largest steel maker in the United States, and one of the most important heavy manufacturers in the world...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth18 February 1862
CountryUnited States of America
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The real test of business greatness is in giving opportunity to others.
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The thing that most people call 'genius' I do not believe in.
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We have reached in this country an amazing degree of general prosperity, with American business on the whole no longer facing an uphill climb.
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There is not a man in power at our Bethlehem steel works today who did not begin at the bottom and work his way up.
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The man who counts his hours and kicks about his salary is a self-elected failure.
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The man who attracts attention is the man who is thinking all the time, and expressing himself in little ways. It is not the man who tries to dazzle his employer by doing the theatrical, the spectacular.
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Many of us think of salespeople as people travelling around with sample kits. Instead, we are all salesman, every day of our lives.
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Most talk about 'super-geniuses' is nonsense. I have found that when 'stars' drop out, successors are usually at hand to fill their places, and the successors are merely men who have learned by application and self-discipline to get full production from an average, normal brain.
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Nothing is more fatal to success than taking one's job as a matter of course.
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One of the most successful men I have known never carried a watch until he began to earn ten thousand dollars a year.
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Spending creates more wealth for everybody.
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The captains of industry are not hunting money. America is heavy with it. They are seeking brains - specialized brains - and faithful, loyal service. Brains are needed to carry out the plans of those who furnish the capital.
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The inventor, the man with a unique, specialized talent, is the only real super-genius. But he is so rare that he needs no consideration.
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The truth is that we have hitherto made no genuine effort to produce forged steel working parts of automobiles of the highest quality. That is one of the reasons why our automobiles have not ranked with those of foreign make.