Quote

You'll never please everyone, but you only have to please a few people to get an offer.

Harvey Mackay

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
Businessman
Businessperson
Journalist
People
Offer
Offers
Please
Everyone
Never

More quotes by Harvey Mackay

Image
In a climate of tight budgets, reduced workforces and stiff competition, internal training can be a great substitute for costly offsite workshops and conferences.
Harvey Mackay
Image
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.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Don't equate activity with efficiency.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Many, perhaps most, people who lose their jobs are mistaken about the reason for which they lost their jobs. Some will say that they're failures, others that their boss had it in for them, and others yet that they were sure their career ended because of a stupid faux pas they made at the company picnic.
Harvey Mackay
Image
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.
Harvey Mackay
Image
our lives change in two ways :through the people we meet and the books we read
Harvey Mackay
Image
You can beat 80% of the competition just by showing up.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs us of our skills, our judgment, and blinds us to creative solutions.
Harvey Mackay
Image
There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone.
Harvey Mackay
Image
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Friends are made by many acts...and lost by only one.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.
Harvey Mackay
Image
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.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Your past is not your potential.
Harvey Mackay
Image
Day in and day out, your tax accountant can make or lose you more money than any single person in your life, with the possible exception of your kids
Harvey Mackay
Image
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning they are an incentive to keep you going all day.
Harvey Mackay
Image
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.
Harvey Mackay
Image
For the real winners, there are no finish lines.
Harvey Mackay
Image
The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.
Harvey Mackay