Quotes from Charles Schwab

Everyone's got it in him, if he'll only make up his mind and stick at it. None of us is born with a stop-valve on his powers or with a set limit to his capacities, There's no limit possible to the expansion of each one of us.

The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life.

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. THerei s nothing else that so kills the ambitions ofa person as criticism from superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a person incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. If I like anything, I am hearty in my appreciation and lavish in my praise

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.

A person can succeed at almost anything for which they have unlimited enthusiasm.

Passion is the great slayer of adversity. Focus on strengths and what you enjoy.

The man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away

The man who does not work for the love of work, but only for money, is likely to neither make money nor find much fun in life.

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you have.

Acknowledge and own up to problems and people will trust you. That will be helpful the next time. If you blame somebody else or try to sugarcoat the problem, you may get away with it once. But everybody makes mistakes more than once, and any leeway you might gain from fudging it the first time will quickly disappear. Explain the situation, accept responsibility, fix it, move forward.

If I had learned anything after years in the business, it was how little I could ever know about what the market would do tomorrow.

People—You don't do anything of significance in business alone. I learned early on that I had my limits. It was humbling at first, but it taught me that I had to find people who brought skills I didn't have, and that has made all the difference. I

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people. The greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.

Just because a stock is down doesn't mean it's a great buy.