Bertie Charles Forbes (/fɔrbz/; May 14, 1880 – May 6, 1954) was a Scottish financial journalist and author who founded Forbes magazine. Read full biography of B. C. Forbes →
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.
The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
To make headway, improve your head.
Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you can't help going to sleep, and when you... →
Bertie Charles Forbes (/fɔrbz/; May 14, 1880 – May 6, 1954) was a Scottish financial journalist and author who founded Forbes magazine.