161 Quotes by B. C. Forbes

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

Inflationary trends are under way. Wage increases, through strikes or threatened strikes, are rampant. Government expenditures are ballooning ominously. Hoarding has contributed unconscionably to price-boosting. The Government should institute measures calculated to arrest inflation. America's commitments are already so mountainous, international and domestic, that the pruning knife should be applied. You and I, all American taxpayers, don't possess limitless resources-our pockets are not bottomless. Curb inflation at every turn!

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

Anything that inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.

Use life to provide something that outlasts it.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.