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I didn't take up shorthand wit...

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.

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I am sure that few successful ...

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

Charles Schwab 84 quotes

I disagreed with Carnegie's id...

I disagreed with Carnegie's ideas on how best to distribute his wealth. I spent mine!

Charles Schwab 84 quotes

I have always felt that the su...

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.

Charles Schwab 84 quotes

I have yet to hear an instance...

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.

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I thought and dreamed of nothi...

I thought and dreamed of nothing else but the steel works.

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If more persons would get so e...

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.

Charles Schwab 84 quotes

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

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

Charles Schwab 84 quotes

In my own house I rigged up a ...

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.

Charles Schwab 84 quotes

It may be in seemingly unimpor...

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

Charles Schwab 84 quotes

Many of us think of salespeopl...

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

Charles Schwab 84 quotes

Most talk about 'super-geniuse...

Most talk about 'super-geniuses' is nonsense. I have found that when 'stars' drop out, successors are usually at hand to fill their places, and the successors are merely men who have learned by application and self-discipline to get full production from an average, normal brain.

Charles Schwab 84 quotes

Nothing is more fatal to succe...

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

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One of the most successful men...

One of the most successful men I have known never carried a watch until he began to earn ten thousand dollars a year.

Charles Schwab 84 quotes

Spending creates more wealth f...

Spending creates more wealth for everybody.

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The captains of industry are n...

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.

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We have reached in this countr...

We have reached in this country an amazing degree of general prosperity, with American business on the whole no longer facing an uphill climb.

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What we must seek is a plan by...

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.

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When you go into your customar...

When you go into your customary barber shop, you will wait for the man who gives you a little better shave, a little trimmer hair-cut. Business leaders are looking for the same things in their offices that you look for in the barber shop.

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There is not a man in power at...

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.

Charles Schwab 84 quotes

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....