“Ugliness, squalor are breeding grounds for revolution. Beauty is conducive to tranquillity, happiness. Beautifying of homes and places of worship began with the dawn of civilization. Beautifying of workplaces is only in its infancy. Yet, since men normally spend more than half of their waking hours at work, surely it is important that adequate attention be devoted to elevating their working environment, whether office or factory, foundry or machine shop, mine or warehouse. Beautiful surroundings subtly encourage beautiful living. Drab surroundings, bad air, bad light, evoke bad reactions.” MenImportantHomeLightBeautifulHoursWorkAttentionHalfEnvironmentAirMinesRevolutionCivilizationOfficeWorshipMachinesReactionsDawnShopsWakingFactoriesDevotedWorkplaceAdequateSurroundingsUglinessEvokeBreedingInfancyTranquillityElevatingWarehouseSqualorPlaces Of WorshipMachine Shop Author:B. C. Forbes
“A magazine editor recently asked me to sit down on my 40th birthday and write an article on the most important things I had learned in my first 40 years. I told him that the chief thing I had learned was that the copybook maxims are true, but that too many people forget this once they go out into the heat and hustle and bustle of the battle of life and only realize their truth once one foot is beginning to slip into the grave. The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.” PeopleMenWritingYearsFirstsImportantRealizingForgetMillionsFeetHe ManBattleCostConscienceImportant ThingsGravesMagazinesChiefsHeatEditorsArticlesSlipsMaximsHustleBustle40th BirthdayBattle Of LifeHustle And BustleMagazine Editors Author:B. C. Forbes
“After visiting several of America's most fashionable playgrounds, I have reached the conclusion that men who work hard enjoy life most. The men at such places can be divided into two classes, first, busy men of affairs ... and, second, rich loafers. I was impressed by the obvious enjoyment corporation heads and other important executives were deriving from their vacation activities.... The idle rich fellows, on the other hand, although indulging in exactly the same activities, palpably were bored.” MenFirstsTwoImportantHardHandsAmericaEnjoyClassRichHe ManHard WorkActivityFellowsBusyAffairObviousConclusionBoredCorporationsEnjoymentExecutivesDividedVacationImpressedIdleEnjoy LifeFashionableVisitingPlaygroundsLoafersBusy Man Author:B. C. Forbes
“Do too many executives still indulge in the short-sighted habit of issuing orders without taking the slightest pains to explain to those responsible for carrying them out the whyfor and wherefor of the orders? Where employees come in daily and hourly contact with the public, surely it is important that care be taken to fit them to reply intelligently to courteous questions. ""Because them are orders"" isn't a satisfying reply-even less satisfactory to the management than to the public.” StillsImportantCarePainOrderTakenHabitFitResponsibleManagementContactEmployeeExecutivesSatisfyingIndulgeIndulge InCourteousShort Sighted Author:B. C. Forbes
“Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.” MenFirstsImportantSelfWisdomYoungValuesRealizingDecisionKnowledgeSelf HelpHabitYoung ManSelf EducationValue Of Education Book:Keys to Success Source: Keys to Success
“He is a wise man who seeks by every legitimate means to make all the money he can honestly, for money can do so many worthwhile things in this world, not merely for one's self but for others. But he is an unmitigated fool who imagines for a moment that it is more important to make the money than to make it honestly. One of the advantages of possessing money is that it facilitates one's independence and mental attitude. The man head over heels in debt is more slave than independent.” MenWorldMeanImportantSelfMomentsCan DoMoneyAttitudeWiseImagineThis WorldHe ManFoolAdvantageIndependentIndependenceSlaveDebtHonestlyWorthwhileHeelsPossessingMental AttitudeFacilitateHead Over HeelsWorthwhile Things Author:B. C. Forbes
“How you start is important, very important, but in the end it is how you finish that counts. It is easier to be a self-starter than a self-finisher. The victor in the race is not the one who dashes off swiftest but the one who leads at the finish. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter in life's race. In America we breed many hares but not so many tortoises.” ImportantEndsSelfAmericaRaceEasierPerseveranceSpeedStaminaHaresStickerStartersRace In AmericaTortoisesSprintersFinishersSelf Starter Author:B. C. Forbes
“How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.” ImportantRaceSpeedPersistenceStaminaStickerSprinters Author:B. C. Forbes
“In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.” ImportantRaceSpeedStamina Author:B. C. Forbes
