Top 211 Quotes & Sayings by Harvey Mackay - Page 2

Customers are the reason we open our doors every day, and keep the machines humming all night long. Customers determine what we eat, where we live, whether we stay in business.

Never forget, the real secret of giving advice is this: Once you've given it, don't concern yourself with whether it is followed or not, and refrain from saying 'I told you so.'

The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions.

By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.

The service leaders hire one out of 50 applicants, sometimes one out of 100, but they're very, very careful. You can't afford not to be extremely choosy when you hire.

No one ever wants to see his or her name linked to anything bad. Conscience is like a baby. It has to go to sleep before you can.

There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone.

Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how much gray matter you have, especially if the phrase is at someone else's expense.

Remember you're not entitled to anything. You have to earn your success every day, and you will make mistakes like everyone else.

Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work.

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.

Southwest Airlines is successful because the company understands it's a customer service company. It also happens to be an airline.

I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston.

In a climate of tight budgets, reduced workforces and stiff competition, internal training can be a great substitute for costly offsite workshops and conferences.

You don't need a big close, as many sales reps believe. You risk losing your customer when you save all the good stuff for the end. Keep the customer actively involved throughout your presentation, and watch your results improve.

You're as old as you behave.

Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day.

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.

Winners surround themselves with other winners. A winner knows he's a winner. He doesn't need second-raters and yes-men around to feed his ego. He knows he'll win more, and go further, with associates who not only can keep up with him but who also are capable of teaching him something.

Surrounding yourself with creative, imaginative people is a good strategy for success whether you're an entrepreneur seeking innovation or an artist looking for inspiration.

Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.

You'll never please everyone, but you only have to please a few people to get an offer.

It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.

our lives change in two ways :through the people we meet and the books we read

Failure is not falling down but staying down.

All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.

Life is series of opportunities. The often neglected fact of life is that opportunities multiply as you take advantage of them.

We all start out in life with one thing in common; We all have the same amount of time. It's just a matter of what we do with it.

Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.

What could you accomplish if no one told you it was impossible?

Are you worried about pressure? I look at it this way: Pressure is having to do something you are not totally prepared to do.

If you don't look ahead, you'll always be behind.

If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it.

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.

A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.

Anyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it.

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.

Your past is not your potential.

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.

People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.

Happiness can be thought, taught and caught... but not bought.

One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.

Many, perhaps most, people who lose their jobs are mistaken about the reason for which they lost their jobs. Some will say that they're failures, others that their boss had it in for them, and others yet that they were sure their career ended because of a stupid faux pas they made at the company picnic.

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.

For the real winners, there are no finish lines.

Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and you will accomplish your object.

If you want to double your success ratio, you have to double your failure ratio.

Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.

If you have no destination, you'll never get there.

Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.

A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for themselves.

If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.

When you're thirsty, it's too late to think about digging a well.

Failure is an attitude, not an outcome.

Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.

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.

Don't water your weeds.

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.

It all comes down to this: If you want one year of happiness, grow grain If you want 10 years of happiness, grow trees If you want 100 years of happiness, grow people

The ten most powerful two-letter words in the English language are: If it is to be, it is up to me.