324 Quotes by Harvey MacKay

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.

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.

Decide what your priorities are and how much time you’ll spend on them. If you don’t, someone else will.

Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can’t let your disappointment get in the way.

There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don’t be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.

Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It’s up to you to choose which you will be.

I’m a little shot that just kept on shooting.

It’s way easier to stay in the comfort zone, especially when things are going good than to go out on a limb and take some risks. My philosophy is exactly the opposite: Sometimes it’s risky not to take a risk.

When you’re fired, you’re rejected. It’s as simple as that.