Charles Schwab

Steel Executive American 1862 – 1939

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

375 quotes

"Faith is not the absence of doubt; it is the confidence to move forward despite it."
Faith
"Those who understand the value of solitude understand the value of themselves."
Solitude
"The greatest inheritance you can leave your children is not money, but wisdom."
Family
"In business and in life, timing is everything; know when to act and when to wait."
"A man who does not read has no advantage over a man who cannot read."
Education
"The power of hope lies in its ability to transform impossibility into possibility."
Hope
"Your greatest teacher is often your greatest opponent."
"The only constant in life is change; embrace it and you will thrive."
Change
"A heart full of gratitude is a heart full of abundance."
Gratitude
"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."
Education
"A man of forty who is not wealthy is a failure."
Success
"The question is not whether you can, but whether you will."
Courage
"Concentrate on the fundamentals and the rest will follow."
Wisdom
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Perseverance
"The ability to earn money is not the ability to manage it."
Money
"One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try."
Knowledge
"In the long run, the market is a weighing machine."
Philosophy
"The habit of saving is itself an education."
Education
"Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed."
Work
"I am opposed to the pension system because it blocks reform."
Politics
"Capital is the result of labor, and is used by labor to produce more capital."
"The only thing that gives me pleasure is work."
Work
"Wealth is the product of ability and effort."
Success
"A man's first duty is to himself."
Life
"The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players."
Leadership
"The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality."
Money
"Wisdom is knowing what to do; virtue is doing it."
Wisdom
"The employer generally gets the employees he deserves."
Work
"A person should be paid according to the results they achieve."
Work
"The most important thing is to know thyself."
Wisdom