Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Charles Luckman

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American businessman Charles Luckman.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Charles Luckman

Charles Luckman was an American businessman, property developer, and architect known for designing landmark buildings in the United States such as the Theme Building, Prudential Tower, Madison Square Garden, and The Forum. He was named the "Boy Wonder of American Business" by Time magazine when president of the Pepsodent toothpaste company in 1939. Through acquisition, he later became president of Lever Brothers. Luckman would later collaborate with William Pereira, in which the two would form their architectural firm, Pereira & Luckman, in 1950. Pereira & Luckman would later dissolve by 1958, parting ways for both himself and Pereira. Luckman would continue successfully with his own firm, Charles Luckman Associates. Luckman retired from the firm, although he would still be present.

Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage. — © Charles Luckman
Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage.
The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide open spaces surrounded by teeth.
Success is that old ABC: ability, breaks and courage.
If we have no faith in ourselves and in the kind of future we can create together, we are fit only to follow, not to lead. Let us remember that the Bible contains two proverbs we cannot afford to forget. The first is ""Man does not live by bread alone"" and the second is ""Where there is no vision, the people perish.""
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