WIST

If you have a job without aggravations, you don’t have a job.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
(Attributed)

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

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
(Attributed)

Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
(Attributed)

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
(Attributed)
Quoted in Earl Wilson, Hartford Courant (6 Aug 1972); earliest reference found.

Variant in The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm (1978): “You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.”

Sure things seldom are.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm: The Capitalist’s Handbook, “More Definitions” (1978)

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

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm (1978)

Repeating mistakes is more likely than profiting from them.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm, “Fact and Comment” (1978)

Some days are for living. Others are for getting through.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm, “You Don’t Say?” (1978)

“Money isn’t everything,” — according to those who have it.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chariman Malcolm, “Nobody’s Capitalist Fool” (1978)