Whenever calamity howlers shake their heads and impress upon you that this, that, and the next dire catastrophe is to befall this nation or the nations of the world-such as, for example, that exhaustion of the world's oil supply will bring all transportation and machinery to a standstill through lack of lubrication, or that exhaustion of the earth's stores of coal will make life unlivable in these cold climates-just smile and reply that the worst troubles of all are those that never happen [and] that you prefer not to cross shaky bridges until you come to them.
Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating. - B. C. Forbes
Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
- B. C. Forbes
In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. - B. C. Forbes
In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
Plan your work - work your plan - B. C. Forbes
Plan your work - work your plan
Real riches are the riches possessed inside. - B. C. Forbes
Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter. - B. C. Forbes
Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.
If you do the best and the most you can today, don't worry about tomorrow. - B. C. Forbes
If you do the best and the most you can today, don't worry about tomorrow.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable. - B. C. Forbes
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business. - B. C. Forbes
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming. - B. C. Forbes
Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
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