Quote

Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes.

Harvey Mackay

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
Businessman
Businessperson
Journalist
Approach
Colossal
Mistake
Approaches
Sometimes
Successes
Different
Spectacular
Trying
Failures
Make
Mistakes
Expect
Lead

More quotes by Harvey Mackay

Image
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Harvey Mackay
Image
The longer they keep you waiting, the more they want to deal.
Harvey Mackay
Image
If you don't look ahead, you'll always be behind.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Friends are made by many acts...and lost by only one.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Harvey Mackay
Image
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.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Harvey Mackay
Image
You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist.
Harvey Mackay
Image
If you don't climb the mountain, you can't see the view
Harvey Mackay
Image
A string of successes can kill you if they make you think, 'Hey, I'm smart I can't make any mistakes'.
Harvey Mackay
Image
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.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Just because an employee does things differently doesn't mean he or she won't do the job right or as well. If you establish expectations of the goal and the standards to follow, then methodology shouldn't be an issue.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Would you like to go to a doctor who had taken his last medical course in 1948? You have to keep changing and keep learning so that you are constantly challenging yourself, adding a few new songs to your program every chance you get. If you don't, the world will pass you by.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Never buy anything in a room with a chandelier.
Harvey Mackay
Image
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Harvey Mackay
Image
If you can't say yes, it's no. Don't sugarcoat it. Don't talk yourself into yes just to seem like a nice guy. No one ever went broke because he or she said NO too often.
Harvey Mackay
Image
You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen - not just money, but respect.
Harvey Mackay
Image
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.
Harvey Mackay
Image
No business can stay in business without customers. How you treat - or mistreat - them determines how long your doors stay open.
Harvey Mackay
Image
If you believe, as I do, that your employees truly are your most valuable asset, you will do whatever you can to help them do their jobs as well as possible.
Harvey Mackay