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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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I know that you don't know, but you don't know that you don't know! By that I mean there are three reasons why individuals and businesses fail: 1. Arrogance 2. Arrogance 3. Arrogance.
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You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist.
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Don't let ups and downs leave you down and out.
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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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Make your decisions with your heart, and you'll end up with heart disease.
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No business can stay in business without customers. How you treat - or mistreat - them determines how long your doors stay open.
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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.
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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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Happiness can be thought, taught and caught... but not bought.
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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.
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For the real winners, there are no finish lines.
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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.
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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.
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Never buy anything in a room with a chandelier.
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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.
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If you don't look ahead, you'll always be behind.
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One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.
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Ethical decisions ensure that everyone's best interests are protected. When in doubt, don't.
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The ten most powerful two-letter words in the English language are: If it is to be, it is up to me.
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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.
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