Charles M. Schwab Quotes - Page 2

If more persons would get so enthused over their day's work that some one would have to remind them to go out to lunch there would be more happiness in the world and less indigestion.

I have yet to hear an instance where misfortune hit a man because he worked overtime. I know lots of instances where it hit men who did not.

Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business; the trailer seldom goes far.

The real test of business greatness is in giving opportunity to others.

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.

If you must be a glutton, be a glutton for work.

I have always felt that the surest way to qualify for the job just ahead is to work a little harder than any one else on the job one is holding down.

For my own part I am more interested in my work than its mere money value.

It may be in seemingly unimportant things that a man expresses his passion for perfection, yet they will count heavily in the long run.

Every one's got it in him, if he'll only make up his mind and stick at it. None of us is born with a stop-valve on his powers or with a set limit to his capacities, There's no limit possible to the expansion of each one of us.

Nothing is more fatal to success than taking one's job as a matter of course.

The captains of industry are not hunting money. America is heavy with it. They are seeking brains - specialized brains - and faithful, loyal service. Brains are needed to carry out the plans of those who furnish the capital.

Don't be reluctant about putting on overalls!

Young men may enjoy dropping their work at five or six o'clock and slipping into a dress suit for an evening of pleasure; but the habit has certain drawbacks.

Many of us think of salespeople as people travelling around with sample kits. Instead, we are all salesman, every day of our lives.

Looking to the future I see in the further acceleration of science continuous jobs for our workers. Science will cure unemployment.

There's no limit possible to the expansion of each one of us.

In my own house I rigged up a laboratory and studied chemistry in the evenings, determined that there should be nothing in the manufacture of steel that I would not know. Although I had received no technical education I made myself master of chemistry and of the laboratory, which proved of lasting value.

American industry is spilling over with men who started life even with the leaders, with brains just as big, with hands quite as capable. And yet one man emerges from the mass, rises sheer about his fellows; and the rest remain.

What we must seek is a plan by which the men will receive high wages when the employers are receiving high prices for the product.

I didn't take up shorthand with any idea of becoming a professional at it. It merely appeared to me to be a good thing to know - something that might come in handy.

I am sure that few successful men are so-called 'natural geniuses.'

There is not a man in power at our Bethlehem steel works today who did not begin at the bottom and work his way up.

Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves.

Spending creates more wealth for everybody.