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In my own house, I rigged up a laboratory and studied chemistry in the evenings, determined that there should be nothing in the manufacture of steel that I would not know.

~Charles M. Schwab

Topics: Chemistry Determined Evenings House Know Laboratory Manufacture My Own Nothing Own Should Steel Studied Up Would

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There is nothing a worker resents more than to see some man taking his job. A factory can be closed down, its chimneys smokeless, waiting for the worker to come back to his job, and all will be peaceful. But the moment workers are imported, and the striker sees his own place usurped, there is bound to be trouble.

~Charles M. Schwab

Topics: Back Bound Chimney Closed Come Down Factory His Imported Job Man Moment More Nothing Own Peaceful Place See Sees Some Taking Than Trouble Waiting Will Worker Workers

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As the train rounded the curve, the great smoking stacks of the Edgar Thomson works, the flaming converters belching forth, made such a vivid impression upon my youthful mind that it will never fade. I thought I had seen the very acme of what might be accomplished in an industrial way.

~Charles M. Schwab

Topics: Accomplished Curve Edgar Fade Forth Great Had Impression Industrial Made Might Mind Never Rounded Seen Smoking Thought Train Very Vivid Way Will Works Youthful

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My own idea is that if the men hold any meetings or attempt to form any organization, we should be prepared to be fully informed of all that goes on and unhesitatingly discharge any men connected with this movement. In this way, our peace will be secure for a long time, and it will be easily done if taken at the start.

~Charles M. Schwab

Topics: Any Attempt Be Prepared Connected Discharge Done Easily Form Fully Goes Hold Idea Informed Long Long Time Meetings Men Movement My Own Organization Our Own Peace Prepared Secure Should Start Taken Time Way Will

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If I were asked to say the most important things that lead to a successful life, I should say that, first of all, was integrity - unimpeachable integrity.

~Charles M. Schwab

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Any man who goes into anything in life and does it better than the average will have a successful life. If he does it worse than the average, his life will not be successful. And no business can exist in which success cannot be won on that basis.

~Charles M. Schwab

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A man, to carry on a successful business, must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. A man can cultivate this faculty only by an appreciation of the finer things in life.

~Charles M. Schwab

Topics: Appreciation Business Carry Cultivate Dream Faculty Finer He Imagination Life Man Must Only See Successful Thing Things Vision Whole

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In our works at Bethlehem and San Francisco, and all over the United States, I adopted this system: I pay the managers practically no salary. I make them partners in the business, only I don't let them share in the efforts of any other man.

~Charles M. Schwab

Topics: Adopted Any Business Efforts Francisco Make Man Managers Only Other Our Over Partners Pay Practically Salary San San Francisco Share States System Them United United States Works

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Concentrate and think upon the problem in mind until a satisfactory conclusion is reached, and then finally go ahead. If you have made a mistake, all right. Never find fault with a man because he has made a mistake. It is only a fool that makes the same mistake the second time.

~Charles M. Schwab

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I'm making better than two million a year, but it's hard work. The luxuries and pleasures I enjoy in my spare time keep me in condition to do that work. Carnegie and Frick have more money than I have, but I'm getting more value for my dollars than they are.

~Charles M. Schwab

Topics: Better Carnegie Condition Dollars Enjoy Getting Hard Hard Work Keep Luxuries Making Me Million Money More Pleasures Spare Spare Time Than Time Two Value Work Year

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: February 18th, 1862

Died: October 18th, 1939

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