The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
B. C. FORBES
B. C. FORBES
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B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one’s own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. Youthfulness of spirit is the twin brother of optimism… Resist growing up!
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B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards of directors be so constituted as to adequately represent the interests and inspire the complete confidence of investors of moderate substance.
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