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Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.

Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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Anyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it.
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A string of successes can kill you if they make you think, 'Hey, I'm smart I can't make any mistakes'.
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It isn't the quality of the ideas you have that will determine whether you make a success of them, it's the qualities you bring to those ideas.
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By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.
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I've known entrepreneurs who were not great salespeople, or didn't know how to code, or were not particularly charismatic leaders. But I don't know of any entrepreneurs who have achieved any level of success without persistence and determination.
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No one ever went broke by saying no too often.
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You can't be passionate when you feel like it. You have to be passionate about your job, product or cause all the time. There's no off switch on a tiger.
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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.
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Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs us of our skills, our judgment, and blinds us to creative solutions.
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If you want to stay youthful, stay useful.
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Ethical decisions ensure that everyone's best interests are protected. When in doubt, don't.
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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.
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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.
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Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes.
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Say and do what you mean, but never say and do it meanly.
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When you're thirsty, it's too late to think about digging a well.
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