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Charles R. Schwab

Charles Robert Schwab (born July 29, 1937) is an American investor, financial executive, and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation. He pioneered discount sales of equity securities starting in 1975. His company became by far the largest discount securities dealer in the United States. He retired as CEO in 2008, but remains chairman and is the largest shareholder.

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

Goal, Happiness, Investing, Limit, Rewarded, World

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

Among, Appreciation, Encouragement, Leadership, Men, Way

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

Investing, Want, Next, Stock, Nobody, Buggy

I couldn't read. I just scraped by. My solution back then was to read classic comic books because I could figure them out from the context of the pictures. Now I listen to books on tape.

Book, Classic, Context, Pictures, Solution, Tape

There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms 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. . . . I have yet to find a person, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.

Ambition, Believe, Criticize, Forth, Giving

We are all salesmen every day of our lives. We are selling our ideas, our plans, our enthusiasms to those with whom we come in contact.

Day, Enthusiasm, Enthusiasms, Ideas, Life, Selling

The word passive does a disservice to investors considering their options. Indexing provides an effective means of owning the market and allows investors to participate in the returns of a basket of stocks. The basket of stocks changes over time as stocks are added or removed based on its rules.

Mean, Doe, Investing, Changes, Considering, Effective

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

Education, Enthusiasm, Enthusiasm For Life, Succeed

I did as much as I could: raising chickens, pushing an ice-cream cart, bagging walnuts, driving a tractor on a beet farm, working on the railroad. I think this eclectic career helped me a lot in life.

Life Lesson, Thinking, Ice Cream, Life, Farm, Tractor

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

Place, Positive, Succeed, Success

Kindness is more powerful than compulsion.

Compulsion, Kindness, Leadership, Powerful

Three men were laying brick. The first was asked: " What are you doing? He answered: " Laying some brick. " The second man was asked: " What are you working for? " He answered: " Five dollars a day. " The third man was asked: " What are you doing? He answered: " I am helping to build a great cathedral. " Which man are you?

Cathedral, Dollars, Five, Man, Men, Three

Most of the mutual fund investments I have are index funds, approximately 75%.

Approximately, Fund, Investing, Investment, Mutual, Mutual Fund

It's fun to play around. . . it's human nature to try to select the right horse. . . But for the average person, I'm more of an indexer. . . The predictability is so high. . . For 10, 15, 20 years you'll be in the 85th percentile of performance. Why would you screw it up?

Horse, Fun, Average, Select, Predictability, Screw

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

Done, Man, Men, Nothing, Self Improvement

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.

Inspirational, Leadership, Money, Spirit, Approval, Exalted

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.

Mean, Competition, Desire, Things, Sordid

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

Success, Business, Commitment, Right, Rejections, Plowed

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. '

People, Want, Ends, Quicker, Differently, Zone