Charles M. Schwab Quotes
An American steel magnate and founder of Bethlehem Steel.
(1862 - 1939)
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A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
[Enthusiasm]
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A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.
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A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.
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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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Everyone has got it in him, if he will only make up his mind and stick at it. None of us is born with a stop-valve on his powers or with a set limit to his capacities. There is no limit possible to the expansion of each one of us.
[Peace]
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I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
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I have probably purchased fifty 'hot tips' in my career, maybe even more. When I put them all together, I know I am a net loser.
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I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.
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I was once ask if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man.
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I will not be in the position of having management dictated to by labor.
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I've thought the whole thing over and if we are going bust, we will go bust big.
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Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business, the trailer seldom goes far.
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Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will lead.
[Friendship]
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Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.
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The best place to succeed is where you are with what you have.
[Success]
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The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start.
[Courage]
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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.
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The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor to find much fun in life.
[Work]
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The man who has done his best has done everything.
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The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
[Applause]
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