Charles Schwab

Steel Executive American 1862 – 1939

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

375 quotes

"A man who does not read will be imprisoned within a single lifetime."
Education
"The person who gets the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare."
Courage
"Nothing builds confidence like achievement."
Success
"The man who looks for something to lean on will always be leaning."
"Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master."
"You can do more in three months with a clear purpose than in three years without one."
"The best minute you ever spent is the one you invest in people."
Relationships
"The only real limitations are the ones in your mind."
Strength
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
Strength
"The secret of getting what you want is to deserve what you want."
"Don't be a man who thinks too little and talks too much."
Wisdom
"A man must make his own opportunity if he doesn't find one."
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."
Life
"The difference between average people and achievers is their desire to improve themselves."
Motivation
"Wealth consists not of having great possessions, but of having few wants."
"The ability to communicate is as vital to the executive as the voice is to the singer."
Leadership
"Do not believe that it is very much of a favor to the world to come into it with a long and aristocratic pedigree."
"One of the marked differences between successful and unsuccessful people is that the successful person is always willing to do a little more."
Work
"The secret of success is that there is no secret. It is all hard work and perseverance."
Success
"A person is only limited by the boundaries they accept in their own mind."
Freedom
"You can measure a man by his ambitions."
Dreams
"The greatest ability is the ability to listen."
Friendship
"Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the fundamentals."
Success
"If you wish to be a writer, write. If you want to be a musician, make music."
Art
"The man of independent mind is the man who becomes successful."
"I am not looking for the best people. I am looking for people who want to be the best."
Leadership
"Every accomplishment starts with a single decision to try."
Courage
"The question is not can you do it, but will you do it?"
Motivation
"I think that all that is worth doing is worth overdoing."
"The ability to adapt to change is more important than knowing all the answers."
Change