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Quotes from Malcolm Forbes

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
~ Malcolm Forbes
When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
~ Malcolm Forbes
Men who never get carried away should be.
~ Malcolm Forbes
When you cease to dream you cease to live.
~ Malcolm Forbes
What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much.
~ Malcolm Forbes
A man can't do more than he can - but he can at least do that much.
~ Malcolm Forbes
Nobody can make anybody be someone he or she doesn't want to be.
~ Malcolm Forbes
It doesn't take much of a rule to measure a mean man.
~ Malcolm Forbes
The ultimate high: A man's abilities equaling his opinion of'em.
~ Malcolm Forbes
People who say that money isn't the most important thing in the world are usually broke.
~ Malcolm Forbes
All work and no play makes jack. With enough jack, Jack needn't be a dull boy.
~ Malcolm Forbes
I make more money selling advice than following it
~ Malcolm Forbes
If you expect nothing you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.
~ Malcolm Forbes
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
~ Malcolm Forbes
At the heart of any good business is a chief executive officer with one.
~ Malcolm Forbes
Food may be essential as fuel for the body, but good food is fuel for the soul.
~ Malcolm Forbes
How would you know what happy is if you've never been otherwise.
~ Malcolm Forbes
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
~ Malcolm Forbes
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
~ Malcolm Forbes
None of my other investments give me the joy that autographs do because they make me feel that I am holding a piece of history in my hands.
~ Malcolm Forbes
If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.
~ Malcolm Forbes
How to succeed? Try hard enough.
~ Malcolm Forbes
If you're looking for perfection, look in the mirror. If you find it there, expect it elsewhere.
~ Malcolm Forbes
The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
~ Malcolm Forbes