01c. 1917 ADAre you doing the kind of work you were built for so that you can expect to be able to do very large amounts of that kind and thrive under it? Or are you doing a kind of which you can do comparatively little?B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
02c. 1917 ADThe 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.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
03c. 1917 ADCall the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful business giants and ... 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.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
04c. 1917 ADJudgment can be acquired only by acute observation by actual experience in the school of life by ceaseless alertness to learn from others by study of the activities of men who have made notable marks by striving to analyze the everyday play of causes and effects by constant study of human nature.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
05c. 1917 ADSearch and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast a man consumed with earnestness of purpose with confidence in his powers with faith in the worthwhileness of his endeavors.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
06c. 1917 ADHow we love to blame others for our misfortunes! Almost every individual who has lost money in stock speculation has on the tip of his tongue an explanation which he trots out to show that it wasn't his own fault at all.... Hardly one loser has the manliness to say frankly "I was wrong."B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
07c. 1917 ADThe 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.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
08c. 1917 ADTurn 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.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
09c. 1917 ADIf you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
11c. 1917 ADHe 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.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
12c. 1917 ADThe man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
13c. 1917 ADThe man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
14c. 1917 ADChristmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
16c. 1917 ADHistory 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.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
19c. 1917 ADIt is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
21c. 1917 ADHe best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.B.C. Forbes / quote ↗
