Charles M. Schwab Quotes

Humility is what makes teams great. I've preached it for a long period of time.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

If you take the credit, you lose it. If you give away the credit, it comes back multiplied.

We all love people who give credit to others for their success. Companies would probably do better with CEOs who didn't blow their own horn and ask for ridiculous salaries and new yachts every year.

With each day, I realize more and more that my mahatmaship, which is mere adornment, depends on others. I have shown with the glory borrowed from my innumerable coworkers.

I have learned that the biggest stars and the greatest players are the most humble ones, the ones who respect people the most.

As long as I get a medal, I'm okay with sharing it.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

You know no one ever accomplishes something like this without a lot of help from good people along the way. And this is certainly true in my case, and I would like to thank some of those people.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader.

No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.

I am so very honored to be the recipient of MIPCOM's 2011 Personality of the Year. However, the accomplishments that have led to this honor are not mine alone. They are the result of the tireless efforts of so very many talented colleagues.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

Only humility can take you places.

I'd be happy if anyone wore my fragrance. They don't have to be famous.

Thank you to everyone who works with us on our shows for making us look like we know what we're doing.

I cannot get to the top on my own. Everyone is important to me. Everyone has played a part in my success, and I try to show that.

Work extremely hard, but as you continue to rise up the ladder, never forget your roots or where you came from or the people that helped you along the way. Humility takes people the farthest.

I've been fortunate enough to work with lots of really good players, so it would be disrespectful to single out the best.

I came out with a few plaudits, and I don't really enjoy that because I am a team player. I don't shout about myself, and I've always been team-orientated, so maybe that is why I have always slipped under the radar throughout my career.