B. C. Forbes quotes and words of wisdom

"He 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."
Found in the topic Faith.

"Real riches are the riches possessed inside."
Found in the topic Rich.

"If you don"t drive your business, you will be driven out of business."
Found in the topic Business.

"Now, ideas are the raw material of progress. Everything first takes shape in the form of an idea. But an idea itself is worth nothing. An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything. The men who have won fame and fortune through having an idea are those who devoted every ounce of their strength and every dollar they could muster to putting it into operation. Ford had a big idea, but he had to sweat and suffer and sacrifice to make it work."
Found in the topic Idea.

"That which is useless dies. Animals that fail to serve some useful purpose in the scheme of things slowly but surely become extinct. Let any part of the human body cease to perform its ordained function, and it withers?as when an arm is kept long in a sling. This same decree, that nothing useless is permitted to survive, runs through the mind of the industrial world."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder."
Found in the topic Goals.

"History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heart-breaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats."
Found in the topic Observe.

"Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated."
Found in the topic Bargain.

Interesting Quotes

If you can dream it, you can do it.Walt Disney - US cartoonist & movie producer (1901 - 1966)

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.Charlie McCarthy