Harvey Mackay
To me, job titles don't matter. Everyone is in sales. It's the only way we stay in business.Collection: Business
It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.Collection: Success
Ego stops you from getting things done and getting people to work with you. That's why I firmly believe that ego and success are not compatible.Collection: Success
Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better.Collection: Positive
By getting your customers to agree with you in small steps along the way, you have a better chance of reaching agreement when it's time to do business.Collection: Chance
Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.Collection: Wisdom
None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.Collection: Alone
When you have a dream that you can't let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and sometimes they require you to dig down very deep. Be sure you're willing to do that.Collection: Trust
No business can stay in business without customers. How you treat - or mistreat - them determines how long your doors stay open.Collection: Business
Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work.Collection: Work
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. The quality of your business is no different.Collection: Business
Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.Collection: Morning
Worrying about the past or the future isn't productive. When you start chastising yourself for past mistakes, or seeing disaster around every corner, stop and take a breath and ask yourself what you can do right now to succeed.Collection: Future
It's only lonely at the top if you forget all the people you met along the way and fail to acknowledge their contributions to your success.Collection: Success
Your workforce is your most valuable asset. The knowledge and skills they have represent the fuel that drives the engine of business - and you can leverage that knowledge.Collection: Business
Learn from the past, but don't live there. Build on what you know so that you don't repeat mistakes. Resolve to learn something new every day. Because every 24 hours, you have the opportunity to have the best day of your company's life.Collection: Best
The sooner you accept the fact that you will have both successes and failures, the easier it will be to get your business and personal life headed in the right direction.Collection: Business
Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability.Collection: Leadership
A great accomplishment shouldn't be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.Collection: Great
Life isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward.Collection: Learning
When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.Collection: Positive
Give your subconscious a chance to work by turning your brain off from time to time. Don't focus on work or solving problems constantly.Collection: Chance
A smart manager will establish a culture of gratitude. Expand the appreciative attitude to suppliers, vendors, delivery people, and of course, customers.Collection: Attitude
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.Collection: Inspirational
Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don’t. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it.Collection: Love
Learn from the past, but don't live there. Build on what you know so that you don't repeat mistakes.Collection: Mistake
Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.Collection: Moral
Friends are made by many acts...and lost by only one.Collection: Lost
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.Collection: Addiction
A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for themselves.Collection: Inspirational
Your day usually goes the way the corners of your mouth turn. The most powerful single thing you can do to influence others is to smile at them.Collection: Powerful
"You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen - not just money, but respect.Collection: Listening
Life is series of opportunities. The often neglected fact of life is that opportunities multiply as you take advantage of them.Collection: Opportunity
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.Collection: Motivational
Anyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it.Collection: Chance
For the real winners, there are no finish lines.Collection: Real
When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience winds up with the money and the person with the money winds up with the experience.Collection: Inspirational
Don't water your weeds.Collection: Weed
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.Collection: Want
Being rich isn't about money. Being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to take time to stop and eat the heart of the watermelon. And some of us will be rich without ever being more than a paycheck ahead of the game.Collection: Money
Look in the mirror every day and say, I am in charge. You might not have control over every phase of your life, but you have more control than you realize, and you are responsible for your own happiness and success.Collection: Mirrors
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.Collection: Inspirational
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day.Collection: Moving On
Happiness can be thought, taught and caught... but not bought.Collection: Happiness
Many successful people are no more talented than unsuccessful people. The difference between them lies in the old axiom that successful people do those things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.Collection: Work
Failure is an attitude, not an outcome.Collection: Attitude
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.Collection: Turtles
Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and you will accomplish your object.Collection: Accomplish
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.Collection: Positive
If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it.Collection: Life Is Too Short