Several weeks of summer vacation in the Thirties I spent working at $15 a week in the FORBES office.... I worked in the mail cage, where envelopes were slit and subscription payments extracted. Dad used to come pounding down the office aisle and pause long enough to ask, How much today? Inevitably the answer was inadequate-except once. That day the controller said excitedly, Mr. Forbes, the ledger shows a slight profit this month! ... My father turned to him and said, Young man, I don't give a damn what your books show. Do we have any money in the bank?

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did.

When you cease to dream you cease to live.

At the heart of any good business is a chief executive officer with one.

Once you've given advice to someone, you're obligated.

He who hesitates is sometimes wise.