Charles Schwab

Steel Executive American 1862 – 1939

Built Bethlehem Steel and became one of America's wealthiest men.

375 quotes

"Discipline yourself, and others won't need to."
Strength
"A great idea without execution is just a dream."
Dreams
"The best financial advice is the advice you actually follow."
Wisdom
"Every problem is an opportunity in disguise."
Change
"You must be willing to educate yourself continuously."
Education
"Fortune favors the prepared mind."
Wisdom
"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."
Life
"Patience in the market is a virtue that pays dividends."
Patience
"The person who knows how and the person who knows why will always work for someone who knows why."
Leadership
"Wealth without work is a curse."
Money
"Think long-term, act short-term."
"The road to success is always under construction."
Success
"A investor's worst enemy is themselves."
Wisdom
"Quality beats quantity in all things."
Philosophy
"Giving back is not charity, it's conscience."
Kindness
"The market rewards the prepared and punishes the careless."
Money
"Build your reputation on trust and it will outlast any fortune."
Truth
"Fear is often the greatest obstacle to success."
Fear
"Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world."
Money
"You can't control the market, but you can control your response to it."
Power
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
Education
"Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out."
Perseverance
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Time
"Character is formed not by laws, constraints and impositions, but by opportunity and free choice."
Freedom
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
History
"In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable."
Money
"Diversification across assets, not just stocks, is wisdom."
Knowledge
"The investor who has all the answers hasn't asked all the questions."
Wisdom
"Fortune favors action, not contemplation."
Motivation
"Your network is your net worth in business."
Relationships