Quotes from Charles R. Schwab

The way to get things done is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.

Don't limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded.

Kindness is more powerful than compulsion.

One can succeed at almost anything for which he has enthusiasm.

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you've got.

I quickly learned that if I kept at it and plowed right through the rejections I would eventually get somebody to buy my wares.

The nasty little secret was that I couldn't read worth a darn. In my case, I still read very slowly to this moment.

Many times I can see a solution to something differently and quicker than other people. I see the end zone and say 'This is where I want to go.'

Nobody wants to be passive; indexing is not passive - much more goes into indexing than watching a stock become the next buggy whip.

The man who has done less than his best has done nothing.

I was once ask if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man.

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.