Charles M. Schwab Quotes

Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program.

The son of the coarsest man in the country, if he attends to his learning may become President.

America is still the land of opportunity, and hard work is still a pathway to success.

Every person has to keep in mind that they can grow up and reach the top, no matter where they are born, whether it's in Russia, in Ukraine, in Europe; they've still got the opportunity to show their talent and the culture of their people.

Really, what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives hope.

I got my degree. More importantly, I got a key to American opportunity. That's who we are - a nation that rewards ambition with opportunity. Where hard work can lead to success, no matter where you start.

I have always believed that the aristocracy of any country should be the men who have succeeded - the men who have aided in upbuilding their country - the men who have contributed to the efficiency and happiness of their fellow men.

In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.

In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Outside of the family, education is the greatest determinant of social mobility.

Get off your bottom and be the stand, and do the work you can to pursue the American Dream for yourself, and help others to do the same.

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.

There are people who are surprised at my politics and being a conservative and the rest of it. But the truth of the matter is, to my knowledge, I have never been overlooked or turned down for anything that I wanted to do that was being offered to me.

I expect if you are going to come out of the shadows, then you're going to want to have some type of hope in the future that you're going to improve your life and, yes, accomplish that American Dream.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.

I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results.

I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed.

Education is everything - education is your power, education is your way in life for whatever you want to do.

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own.

The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.

Circumstances have rarely favored great men. A lowly beginning is no bar to a great career. The boy who works his way through college may have a hard time of it, but he will learn how to work his way in life, and will usually take higher rank in school and in after life than his classmate who is the son of a millionaire.

I suggest that those groups whose culture and values stress delayed gratification - education, hard work, success, and ambition - are those groups that succeed in America, regardless of discrimination.