Malcolm Forbes

Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it's worth going through the whole to get there.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

If you never budge, don't expect a push.

It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.

How would you know what happy is if you've never been otherwise.

The best buy by way of management is brains-at any price.

Since you have to do the things you have to do, be wise enough to do some of the things you want to do.

The art of conversation lies in listening.

The day nothing turns you on - you're dead. No matter how many more years you go on breathing.

To live your life in the fear of losing it is to lose the point of life.

If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.

None of my other investments give me the joy that autographs do because they make me feel that I am holding a piece of history in my hands.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are.

To measure the man, measure his heart.

The last thing you do the best is what you have the most joy doing.

People who say that money isn't the most important thing in the world are usually broke.

Some people as a result of adversity are sadder, wiser, kinder, more human. Most of us are better, though, when things go better.