Bertie Charles Forbes Quotes

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Initiative, industry, intrepidity will carry you far.
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Are you a go-getter, or a goat-getter?
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To ‘arrive’ stick to the straight path.
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Stand still and you’ll fall down.
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You may mold your business, ye; but how you mold your business molds you.
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To make money, first make something of yourself.
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Those who stay there longest don’t usually get there quickest.
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There is a better way than trying to get the better of others.
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Obscurity has advantages, it is consoling to reflect sometimes.
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The ‘comer’ sweats. The loser shirks.
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An overloaded stomach is a weight on your brain.
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When tempted to doge a stiff incline by slipping into a side-track, there’s only one thing to say: ‘Get thee behind me, Satan.’
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The man who can fill his role doesn’t have to ‘act the part.’
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If girls would paint less and plan more they would get on better in life.
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Your conception of the world is chiefly your conception of yourself.
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Don’t try to sell anything unless you are first sold on it yourself.
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You can serve God only by serving man.
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It’s the man who has staying power who goes far.
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Business can be as ethical as religion.
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It isn’t how far you have risen, but the methods you have employed that counts.
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Don’t overdo ‘dignity.’ Be natural, be human, be unaffected.
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The man who dares does.
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‘How do you find business?’ ‘By going after it.’
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If you don’t enjoy a good poem you’re not as rich as you might be.
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Remember that we form a part of ‘they.’
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When a fellow gets puffed up about what he has accomplished, it is a fairly sure sign that he will accomplish little more.
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Pride indicates weakness – and foolishness. The truly wise know they have little to be proud about. They know themselves.
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Don’t try to get through the day. Get through the work.
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You can either debase or sanctify your money.
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Hope, of course – but hustle, also.
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We are all either soldiers on the job or soldiering on the job.
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Camouflage is helpful in war because you are dealing with enemies. Camouflage is not helpful but harmful in business because you are dealing with friends-in-the-making. If you cannot make friends of those you do business with, they won’t do business with you very long.
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As part of his education, every country youth should read at least one large city daily newspaper.
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Listen to the advice of wise people; then do your own thinking and follow your own judgment.
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All wealth is founded on health. To squander money is foolish; to squander health is murder in the second degree.
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Our eyes are place in front because it is more important to look ahead than look back. Cultivate foresight.
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It is poor policy to become so busy working as to be too busy to think.
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Every employee should regard himself as an assistant to the president.
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When a man is cocksure that he has ‘arrived,’ he soon begins the return journey.
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‘Thrift’ and ‘thrive’ are very similar, you will note. Verb sap.
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