Are you doing the kind of work you were built for so that you can expect to be able to do very large amounts of that kind and thrive under it? Or are you doing a kind of which you can do comparatively little?

— B. C. Forbes

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

— B. C. Forbes

Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful [business] giants and if you know anything about their careers you will be struck by the fact that almost every one of them encountered inordinate difficulties sufficient to crush all but the gamest of spirits. Edison went hungry many times before he became famous.

— B. C. Forbes

Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful business giants and ... you will be struck by the fact that almost every one of them encountered inordinate difficulties sufficient to crush all but the gamest of spirits. Edison went hungry many times before he became famous.

— B. C. Forbes

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.

— B. C. Forbes

Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.

— B. C. Forbes

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

— B. C. Forbes

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

— B. C. Forbes

He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

— B. C. Forbes

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

— B. C. Forbes