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Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it.

Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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Friends are made by many acts...and lost by only one.
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Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
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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.
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When you're thirsty, it's too late to think about digging a well.
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One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.
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Life is series of opportunities. The often neglected fact of life is that opportunities multiply as you take advantage of them.
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Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and you will accomplish your object.
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I have never yet met a successful person who hasn't had to overcome either a little or a lot of adversity in his or her life. If life there is a lot of lumps and bumps... a lot of throttling up and a lot of throttling down.
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In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.
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If you find yourself plagued by a recurrent worry, train yourself to think of something else. Your conscious mind can concentrate on only one thought at a time, and driving the negativity away will free you up to move forward again.
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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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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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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.
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When you kill a little time, you may be murdering opportunity.
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Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
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Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how much gray matter you have, especially if the phrase is at someone else's expense.
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There's a place in the world for any business that takes care of its customers-after the sale.
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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.
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