Clive Berghofer Quotes

100 Clive Berghofer Quotes

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Even thought I am a multi-millionaire, I speak to anyone. I’m still Clive Berghofer.
Clive Berghofer

I believe that I have achieved more with my life because I have had more problems to overcome.
Clive Berghofer

The people who had told me that I couldn’t do it, then wanted to know how I had done it.
Clive Berghofer

There is always a solution.
Clive Berghofer

I don’t make promises I can’t keep.
Clive Berghofer

It is said that half a piece of cake is better than none. I believe any piece of cake is better than none.
Clive Berghofer

Some people have got the common sense to do it, but they’re too bloody lazy to work.
Clive Berghofer

I guess I’m a workaholic, but the busier I am, the more contented I feel.
Clive Berghofer

Get on with what you do best and do that better than others.
Clive Berghofer

I used to tell people that I came fourth in my class. The truth was that there were only four students in the whole class.
Clive Berghofer



I went to a high school because the school was built on tall stumps. In fact, I left primary school without sitting for scholarship.
Clive Berghofer

We… walked four miles to and from school.
Clive Berghofer

We had no television and the radio’s batteries were often flat but we were never bored.
Clive Berghofer

We had to go on to the last inch.
Clive Berghofer

[On his father] He kept the family in vegetables through hard times as he was a keen gardener.
Clive Berghofer

[On his dyslexia – being dyslexic] It still amazes me that I’ve succeeded in spite of these problems.
Clive Berghofer

I’m sure I wouldn’t have been as wealthy as I am without my building business.
Clive Berghofer

I knew I couldn’t be a doctor, a lawyer or a teacher so I had to use my hands.
Clive Berghofer

I enjoy work and I like what I do.
Clive Berghofer

I found that my mind has been going 150 miles an hour all its life.
Clive Berghofer



Many of the apprentices were trained by the book but I would often see different ways of doing things.
Clive Berghofer

I’m very particular how work is done, but differently, often better, or more efficiently.
Clive Berghofer

With one gang of men, I used to build one house a week, regularly! I’d start a house on Monday and it would be ready for the painters and plumbers by Friday afternoon.
Clive Berghofer

[In 1998] I’ve built about 600 houses in and around Toowoomba.
Clive Berghofer

I am very positive…
Clive Berghofer

I value common sense…
Clive Berghofer

I can solve problems in a situation very quickly, often better than others.
Clive Berghofer

I’ve been successful because of my ability and honesty.
Clive Berghofer

I’m a social person, but not a socialite!
Clive Berghofer

I’ve worked because I wanted to and I have never followed the eight to five routine.
Clive Berghofer



Everything I’ve done has been an enormous challenge to me.
Clive Berghofer

I have succeeded in business and public office without dishonesty and I’m proud of my record.
Clive Berghofer

My good name is precious to me.
Clive Berghofer

You need to be able to handle frustration, to keep trying and to have willpower.
Clive Berghofer

By ‘getting even’ you sometimes hurt yourself more than others and I’ve seen that happen.
Clive Berghofer

I believe that being practical and accepting things is important. It is also necessary to know what can and can’t be changed.
Clive Berghofer

They’d only work 40-odd hours.
Clive Berghofer

I used to buy firewood from the farmers for ten shillings… and then sell it for fifteen shillings a load...
Clive Berghofer

They only worked 40 hours too.
Clive Berghofer

It’s common sense. See, a lot of people can do things, a lot of people can work hard, but they’ve got no common sense in doing it. Some people have got the common sense to do it, but they’re too bloody lazy to work. But I was lucky – I had the common sense and the ability to work.
Clive Berghofer



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