The Best Malcolm Forbes quotes

By the time we’ve made it, we’ve had it. — Malcolm Forbes

The hardest time to tell: when to stop. — Malcolm Forbes

I don’t waste too much time philosophizing about wealth, I just recommend it to everyone. — Malcolm Forbes

Economists’ unanimity that bad business is ahead is the most reassuring news possible. It’s very unlikely that this will be the one time they’re right. — Malcolm Forbes

There is never enough time, unless you’re serving it. — Malcolm Forbes

Elected leaders who forget how they got there won’t the next time. — Malcolm Forbes

As you get older, don’t slow down. Speed up. There’s less time left! — Malcolm Forbes

An inadequate chief executive officer’s time at the top is always too long no matter how short. — Malcolm Forbes

Being right half the time beats being half–right all the time. — Malcolm Forbes

If you’ve had a good time playing the game, you’re a winner even if you lose. — Malcolm Forbes

No one ever dies wishing they’d spent more time at the office. — Malcolm Forbes

Knowing when to keep your mouth shut is invariably more important than opening it at the right time. — Malcolm Forbes

How in heck are they handling their surplus population in Hell these days? Maybe by the time you and I are in the queue there won’t be room for us. — Malcolm Forbes

How to get taken: Spend most of your time making sure you’re not. — Malcolm Forbes

The smart ones ask when they don’t know. And, sometimes, when they do. — Malcolm Forbes

Venture nothing, and life is less than it should be. — Malcolm Forbes

Hopeless cases: Executives who assert themselves by saying No when they should say Yes. — Malcolm Forbes

Occasionally indulging in a do–nothing day is more than worth the price. — Malcolm Forbes

To measure the man, measure his heart. — Malcolm Forbes

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

Failure is success if we learn from it. — Malcolm Forbes

The key to success is not through achievement, but through enthusiasm. — Malcolm Forbes

I think the foremost quality–there’s no success without it–is really loving what you do. If you love it, you do it well, and there’s no success if you don’t do well what you’re working at. — Malcolm Forbes

A winner must first know what losing’s like. — Malcolm Forbes

Things there are no solution to: Inflation, bureaucracy & dandruff. — Malcolm Forbes

It’s so much easier to suggest solutions when you don’t know too much about the problem. — Malcolm Forbes

Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat. — Malcolm Forbes

A hug’s a happy thing while a shrug’s so often destructive. — Malcolm Forbes

The dumbest people I know are those who know it all. — Malcolm Forbes

Nothing is sometimes the right thing to say. — Malcolm Forbes

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody. — Malcolm Forbes

Isn’t it fortunate how selective our recollections usually are. — Malcolm Forbes

If you say what you think don’t expect to hear only what you like. — Malcolm Forbes

Most of us are better when things go better. — Malcolm Forbes

Those who act as if they know more than their boss seldom do. — Malcolm Forbes

Nobody can make anybody be someone he or she doesn’t want to be. — Malcolm Forbes

How would you know what happy is if you’ve never been otherwise. — Malcolm Forbes

Compliment others on the virtues they have; and they’re not half as pleased as being complimented for the ones they don’t have. — Malcolm Forbes

People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too. — Malcolm Forbes

In business, there’s such a thing as an invaluable person, but no such thing as an indispensable one. — Malcolm Forbes

It’s always worthwhile to make others aware of their worth. — Malcolm Forbes

One’s real worth is never a quantifiable thing. — Malcolm Forbes

Trying to impress others does–usually in quite the opposite way. — Malcolm Forbes

Some days are for living. Others are for getting through. — Malcolm Forbes

You can judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing to them or for them. — Malcolm Forbes