The risk of failure

If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

quote by George W. Bush

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Don't loose your head

Don't lose your head
To gain a minute
You need your head
Your brains are in it.

Burma Shave

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Human resources

Human resources are human first, and resources second.

quote by J. Garbers

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Laws

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

quote by Plato

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Forward

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do,
not back on what you cannot change.

quote by Tom Clancy, Author

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Effort, not ability

Effort, not ability, makes the biggest difference in achievement.

quote by Bill Clinton

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Everest

Well George, we knocked the bastard off.

spoken by Sir Edmund Hilary after he and Sherpa Tenzing had conquered mount Everest.

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Hiring and training

Hire character.
Train skill.

quote by Peter Schutz

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Predicting the economic downturn

These economic downturns are very difficult to predict,
but sophisticated econometric modeling houses like Data Resources and Chase Econometrics have successfully predicted 14 of the last 3 recessions

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Capital punishment

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime
as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

quote by Henry Ford

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Problems

I've never had a problem with drugs.
I've had problems with the police.

quote by Keith Richards

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Getting information off the internet

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.

quote by Mitch Kapor

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Definition of a diplomat

Diplomat: A person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

quote by Caskie Stinett

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Crisis

There cannot be a crisis today; my schedule is already full

quote by Henry Kissinger

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In court

You don't know anything about a woman until you meet her in court.

quote by Norman Mailer

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The average

Statistics always remind me of the fellow who drowned in a river whose average depth was three feet.

quote by Woody Hayes, Ohio State football coach

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Diplomacy

Diplomacy is the art of saying, “Nice doggie,” until you can find a rock.

quote by Will Rogers

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Experience

Experience is not what happens to a man;
it is what a man does with what happens to him.

quote by Aldous Huxley

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The power of statistics

Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that people who have the most birthdays live the longest.

quote by Larry Lorenzoni

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Pierced ear

I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage.
They’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry.

quote by Rita Rudner

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Tax

We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

quote by Winston Churchill

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A lesson in PR

Every person who leaves goes on to represent your company.
They can either bad-mouth or praise.

quote by Jack Welch

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Do what other say you cannot do

Do just once what others say you cannot do
and you will never pay attention
to their limitations again.

quote by James Cook

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Courage

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities
because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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Conversation

Conversation means being able to disagree
and still continue the discussion.

Quote by Dwight MacDonald

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The tree and the shadow

Character is like a tree,
and reputation is like a shadow.
The shadow is what we think of it;
the tree is the real thing.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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