Malcolm Forbes Quotes

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

Let your children go if you want to keep them.

Presence is more than just being there.

Men who never get carried away should be.

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

The richest person in the world - in fact, all the riches in the world - couldn't provide you with anything like the endless, incredible loot available in your local library. You can measure the awareness, the breadth and the wisdom of a civilization, a nation, a people by the priority given to preserving these repositories of all that we are, all that we were, or will be. Our libraries are being eroded alarmingly by inflation. It behooves us - all of us - to stop the rot by the application of that prime preserver - money.

we would all like to be taken for what we would like to be

The great city of New York wields more of the destinies of this great nation that five times the population of any other portion of the country.

There is never enough time unless you are serving it.

Only a handful of companies understand that all successful business operations come down to three basic principles: People, Product, Profit. Without TOP people, you cannot do much with the others.

People who never get carried away should be.

It's always worthwhile to make others aware of their worth.

Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.

Be Nice. Contrary to the cliché, genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it. I admit it's not easy when you've got a gripe. To be agreeable while disagreeing — that's an art. Be natural — write the way you talk.

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