Best 168 quotes of Harvey Mackay on MyQuotes

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.

No one ever went broke by saying no too often.

Once you attach your personality to a proposition, people start reacting to the personality and stop reacting to the proposition.

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

One of the most difficult things in life for any individual or business is to accept and adopt change.

One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.

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

Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory.

Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory. If it's written down, you can look it up. Just be damn sure you write it down.

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.

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

Pessimism doesn't grow your business or even maintain the status quo. The pessimists on your staff make the job harder for everyone around them. They make difficulties out of opportunities.

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.

Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave.

Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.

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

Staying in touch with contacts is as important as getting them in the first place.

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.

The annals of business are filled with stories of companies that thought they had it made and could milk their enterprises without having to bother about improving their products or services. It's amazing how fast they found their markets disappearing.

The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.

The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge.

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

The first successful salesperson was not a man, it was Eve.

The life of a startup is full of ups and downs, an emotional roller coaster ride that you can't quite imagine if you've spent your whole career in a corporation.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. The quality of your business is no different.

There has been a seismic shift in the business world. The great classical business principles still hold true but they need to be fused with cutting edge internet technology.

There is a place in the world for anyone in the world who says, "I'll take care of it.

There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don't be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.

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

There's a place in the world for any business that takes care of its customers-after the sale.

There will always be someone with a cuter girl, a bigger car, a bigger home, but that does not matter. You measure your own performance by your own potential. That's what makes a successful person.

The sale begins when the customer says yes.

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.

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

The truth is, success often occurs for reasons we don't expect, under circumstances over which we have little control and sometimes unrelated to our own efforts. There is only one other lesson that success should teach us: Be as amazed by your own success as your friends are. If you truly are, you stand the best chance to repeat 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.

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.

To me, job titles don't matter. Everyone is in sales. It's the only way we stay in business.

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

We start out as pretty creative beings... Children let their imaginations take them to place they've never seen and do things that seem impossible. We encourage it as fun and playtime, but we should celebrate it as the potential for great discovery and accomplishment.

What motivates people to be late?... Some people are drawn to the adrenaline rush of that last-minute sprint to the finish line. Others receive an ego boost from over-scheduling and filling each moment with an activity.

When an employee asks why the company does things a certain way, and you can explain the logical reason, then the employee knows what she's doing is valid.

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.

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.

When you kill a little time, you may be murdering opportunity.

When you're fired, you're rejected. It's as simple as that.

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

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.

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.

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.