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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What little success I may have won in life I attribute to the loyalty I had for a dear old friend who was my first steel master, whom you perhaps have never heard of: Captain Bill Jones.
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I am sure that few successful men are so-called 'natural geniuses.'
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All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them.
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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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A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.
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The man who has done his best has done everything.
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There is no royal road to a successful life, as there is no royal road to learning. It has got to be hard knocks, morning, noon, and night, and fixity of purpose.
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You can make up your mind to do one of two things: You can have a good time in life, or you can have a successful life, but you can't have both. You have got to make up your mind at the start which of the two you are going to have.
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For my own part I am more interested in my work than its mere money value.
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I am not a believer in large salaries. I hold that every man should be paid for personal production. Our big men at Bethlehem seldom get salaries of over one hundred dollars a week; but all of them receive bonuses computed entirely on the efficiencies and the economies registered in their departments.
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I didn't take up shorthand with any idea of becoming a professional at it. It merely appeared to me to be a good thing to know - something that might come in handy.
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I have yet to hear an instance where misfortune hit a man because he worked overtime. I know lots of instances where it hit men who did not.
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If you must be a glutton, be a glutton for work.
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The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.