Accepting blame when it's not really due sometimes makes the point better. Malcolm Forbes More Quotes by Malcolm Forbes More Quotes From Malcolm Forbes Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful. Malcolm Forbes doing-what-you-want success way How would you know what happy is if you've never been otherwise. Malcolm Forbes ifs knows happiness What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much. Malcolm Forbes would-be experts men Generous gestures yield the most when that isn't their purpose. Malcolm Forbes gestures yield purpose All too often we say of a man doing a good job that he is indispensable. A flattering canard, as so many disillusioned and retired and fired have discovered when the world seems to keep on turning without them. In business, a man can come nearest to indispensability by being dispensable in his current job. How can a man move up to new responsibilities if he is the only one able to handle his present tasks? It matters not how small or large the job you now have, if you have trained no one to do it as well, you're not available; you've made your promotion difficult if not impossible. Malcolm Forbes responsibility jobs moving In business, there’s such a thing as an invaluable person, but no such thing as an indispensable one. Malcolm Forbes invaluable indispensable persons I made my money the old-fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died. Malcolm Forbes nice money way At the heart of any good business is a chief executive officer with one. Malcolm Forbes chief-executives good-business heart If you never budge, don't expect a push. Malcolm Forbes persistence design teaching It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history. Malcolm Forbes business work motivational Since you have to do the things you have to do, be wise enough to do some of the things you want to do. Malcolm Forbes enough wise want We'd all like to be taken for what we'd like to be. Malcolm Forbes taken Isn't it fortunate how selective our recollections usually are. Malcolm Forbes selective recollection memories People who can’t see without glasses should wear them. Malcolm Forbes glasses humor funny There is never enough time, unless you're serving it. Malcolm Forbes aging enough time One who never asks either knows everything or nothing. Malcolm Forbes asks knows None of my other investments give me the joy that autographs do because they make me feel that I am holding a piece of history in my hands. Malcolm Forbes joy giving hands Putting pen to paper lights more fire than matches ever will Malcolm Forbes light paper fire Noone's a leader if there are no followers. Malcolm Forbes business leadership success Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time. Malcolm Forbes beats half time
