A man will succeed in anything about which he has real enthusiasm, in which he is genuinely interested, provided that he will take more thought about his job than the men working with him. The fellow who sits still and does what he is told will never be told to do big things.
— Charles M. Schwab
The men who miss success have two general alibis: 'I'm not a genius' is one; the other, 'There aren't the opportunities today there used to be.' Neither excuse holds. The first is beside the point; the second is altogether wrong.
I was once asked 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.
There's no limit possible to the expansion of each one of us.
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.
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.
To my mind, the best investment a young man starting out in business can possibly make is to give all his time, all his energies, to work - just plain, hard work.
I will not be in the position of having management dictated to by labor.
The man who has done his best has done everything.
A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.
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.
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.
Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.
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.
When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.
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.
