You’ve always got to think about having some fixed income in your portfolio as well as equities. — Charles Schwab

I remember, my first bicycle was very much a used bike. I wasn’t going to Wal–Mart, buying a flashy 10–speed bike from China. Are you kidding me? — Charles Schwab

One can succeed at almost anything for which he has enthusiasm. — Charles R

Most of the mutual fund investments I have are index funds, approximately 75%. — Charles R

We couldn’t buy Google on the IPO, but I knew I wanted to own it. I was gonna go big. It came out and went down a bit. I got distracted by something and didn’t get in. — Charles Schwab

For as little as a thousand dollars, you can open an account at Schwab. I mean, it’s not a big barrier to entry. — Charles Schwab

I did as much as I could: raising chickens, pushing an ice–cream cart, bagging walnuts, driving a tractor on a beet farm, working on the railroad. I think this eclectic career helped me a lot in life. — Charles R

Just because a stock is down doesn’t mean it’s a great buy. — Charles Schwab

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement. — Charles R

I was once ask if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man. — Charles R

The man who has done less than his best has done nothing. — Charles R

You’ve got to take the road you need to take, and only you can make that calculation. Not your dad, not your friend. You have to take it if you feel it instinctively. — Charles Schwab

Nobody wants to be passive; indexing is not passive–much more goes into indexing than watching a stock become the next buggy whip. — Charles R

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you have. — Charles Schwab

Passion is the great slayer of adversity. Focus on strengths and what you enjoy. — Charles R

The way to get things done is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money–getting way, but in the desire to excel. — Charles R

People succeed at just about anything they’re genuinely enthusiastic about. — Charles R

We are all salesmen every day of our lives. We are selling our ideas, our plans, our enthusiasms to those with whom we come in contact. — Charles R

Many times I can see a solution to something differently and quicker than other people. I see the end zone and say ‘This is where I want to go.’ — Charles R

There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone…If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise. — Charles R

I use the word ‘passion’ a lot when I talk to young people. In every pursuit I’ve been on, I’ve had a lot of passion behind it. It continues to motivate me every day on what I like to do and where I’m going. — Charles Schwab

I grew up in an era when money was not readily available. We were into the post–Depression years and World War II. — Charles Schwab

I quickly learned that if I kept at it and plowed right through the rejections I would eventually get somebody to buy my wares. — Charles R

Charles Schwab, Interactive Brokers, TD Ameritrade, TradeStation, Fidelity, and E*Trade. — Matthew R

The nasty little secret was that I couldn’t read worth a darn. In my case, I still read very slowly to this moment. — Charles R

The man who does not work for the love of work, but only for money, is likely to neither make money nor find much fun in life. — Charles Schwab

If I had learned anything after years in the business, it was how little I could ever know about what the market would do tomorrow. — Charles Schwab

I have yet to find the person, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism. — Charles Schwab

I have probably purchased fifty ‘hot tips’ in my career, maybe even more. When I put them all together, I know I am a net loser. — Charles Schwab

If there’s not enough money in the bank account, you don’t spend it. — Charles Schwab

Don’t limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded. — Charles R

I was about thirteen when I started thinking about the stock market. My dad helped me a little bit. I’d see it in the ‘Santa Barbara News–Press.’ These prices would change every day–what was that all about? — Charles Schwab

I couldn’t read. I just scraped by. My solution back then was to read classic comic books because I could figure them out from the context of the pictures. Now I listen to books on tape. — Charles R

The man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away — Charles Schwab