Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Malcolm Forbes Businessperson

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Aug 19, 1919
  • Died: Feb 24, 1990

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B. C. Forbes. He was known as a promoter of capitalism and for extravagant spending on parties, travel, and his collection of homes, yachts, aircraft, art and Fabergé eggs.

The best vision is insight. best

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together. art

When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness. happiness

The more sympathy you give, the less you need. sympathy

When you cease to dream you cease to live. dreams

Failure is success if we learn from it. failure & success

By the time we've made it, we've had it. time

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. education

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history. history

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. education

Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all. best

Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful. success