Richard DeVos

Who is Richard DeVos?

Richard M. DeVos, Sr. is an American businessman, co-founder of Amway along with Jay Van Andel, and owner of the Orlando Magic NBA basketball team. In 2012, Forbes magazine listed him as the 60th wealthiest person in the United States, and the 205th richest in the world, with an estimated net worth of $5 billion. At one point, he was one of the 10 wealthiest Americans.

Famous Quotes:

• The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
• If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
• Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.
• It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.
• The riches of life, the love and joy and exhilaration of life can be found only with an upward look. This is an exciting world. It's cram-packed with opportunity. Great moments wait around every corner.
• If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen.
• If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, Here comes number seventy-one!
• Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A you can do it when things are tough.
• The easiest thing to find on God's green earth is someone to tell you all the things you cannot do.
• Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.