Quotes from Harvey Mackay

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.

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

"You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen - not just money, but respect.

Knowledge is not power unless it is used.

Good commanders look after their troops, and good troops look after their commanders.

Employee loyalty begins with employer loyalty. Your employees should know that if they do the job they were hired to do with a reasonable amount of competence and efficiency, you will support them.

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.

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

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.

Ethical decisions ensure that everyone's best interests are protected. When in doubt, don't.

In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.

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

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

It isn't the people you fire who make your life miserable, it's the people you don't.

Like it or not, life is a series of competitions.

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.

You have to look life straight in the eye. De-mystify your world. Can you really afford to believe magic is for real? Not when time is concerned.

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

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry.

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

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

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.

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.

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.