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A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.
Charles M. Schwab
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Charles M. Schwab
Age: 77 †
Born: 1862
Born: February 18
Died: 1939
Died: September 19
Businessperson
Engineer
Williamsburg
Pennsylvania
Charles Schwab
Charles Michael Schwab
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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.
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Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business the trailer seldom goes far.
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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.
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The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.
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When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.
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Good morning! Remember: A person can succeed at almost anything for which they have unlimited enthusiasm.
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I disagreed with Carnegie's ideas on how best to distribute his wealth. I spent mine!
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The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. The fellow who sits still and does just what he is told will never be told to do big things.
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The real test of business greatness is in giving opportunity to others.
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Nothing is more fatal to success than taking one's job as a matter of course.
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Young men may enjoy dropping their work at five or six o'clock and slipping into a dress suit for an evening of pleasure but the habit has certain drawbacks.
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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.
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Every one's got it in him, if he'll only make up his mind and stick at it. None of us is born with a stop-valve on his powers or with a set limit to his capacities, There's no limit possible to the expansion of each one of us.
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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.
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All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them.
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Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves.
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Don't be afraid of imperilling your health by giving a few extra hours to the company that pays your salary!
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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.
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Spending creates more wealth for everybody.
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I thought and dreamed of nothing else but the steel works.
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