You can tell a workingman you like him, but he knows whether you are sincere or not. You can't make him believe you are interested in his welfare unless you are. Charles M. Schwab More Quotes by Charles M. Schwab More Quotes From Charles M. Schwab 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 M. Schwab lunch would-be world American industry is spilling over with men who started life even with the leaders, with brains just as big, with hands quite as capable. And yet one man emerges from the mass, rises sheer about his fellows; and the rest remain. Charles M. Schwab leader men hands Looking to the future I see in the further acceleration of science continuous jobs for our workers. Science will cure unemployment. Charles M. Schwab great-depression unemployment jobs 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. Charles M. Schwab receiving wages men If you must be a glutton, be a glutton for work. Charles M. Schwab ifs A factory can be closed down, its chimneys smokeless, waiting for the worker to come back to his job, and all will be peaceful. But the moment workers are imported, and the striker sees his own place usurped, there is bound to be trouble. Charles M. Schwab peaceful waiting jobs The men who miss success have two general alibis: 'I'm not a genius' is one; and the other, 'There aren't the opportunities today there used to be'. Charles M. Schwab opportunity men two The real test of business greatness is in giving opportunity to others. Charles M. Schwab greatness real opportunity 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. Charles M. Schwab instance knows men I thought and dreamed of nothing else but the steel works. Charles M. Schwab steel 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 M. Schwab steel men way The man who attracts attention is the man who is thinking all the time, and expressing himself in little ways. It is not the man who tries to dazzle his employer by doing the theatrical, the spectacular. Charles M. Schwab trying men thinking We have reached in this country an amazing degree of general prosperity, with American business on the whole no longer facing an uphill climb. Charles M. Schwab uphill-climbs degrees country The inventor, the man with a unique, specialized talent, is the only real super-genius. But he is so rare that he needs no consideration. Charles M. Schwab unique real men 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. Charles M. Schwab faithful hunting america Spending creates more wealth for everybody. Charles M. Schwab spending wealth One of the most successful men I have known never carried a watch until he began to earn ten thousand dollars a year. Charles M. Schwab successful men years Nothing is more fatal to success than taking one's job as a matter of course. Charles M. Schwab courses matter jobs 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 M. Schwab stars average men 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. Charles M. Schwab becoming might ideas
