Quotes #22: Confucius, Shavers, Williams, Fleishman, Feinberg, Phillips, Dunlap, Schriner, Marino, Cauldron, Wainwright
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. --Confucius
Sometimes there is a thin line between creative tension and erratics behavior. Since human beings are immensely complex and adapable, no one can be completely predictable. --Cheryl Shavers
I look at the lessons adversity can teach. If I'm failing at something, I'm learning something. So I focus on how I can take that lesson and apply it so that I don't make the same mistake again. --Katie Williams
Do you know what real poverty is? It is never having a big thought or a generous impulse. --Jerome Fleishman
Being smart can get you pretty far in life, but above average brains can lull you into a false sense of security. Odd as it may seem, intelligent people are constantly at risk of self-destruction caused by their own brilliance. -- Mortimer Feinberg
American workers can be confident they'll find some job, but they can't be sure how long they'll keep it. --Michael Phillips
We had a fine work ethic in this country. It was murdered in the 1980's and 1990's by thousand of layoffs caused by greedy corporate raiders piling up debt on companies to make a quick killing. Why should anyone give their best effort on the job? No one cares about the worker anymore. Growing up in the 1960's, we were taught that giving your best would always ensure employment. That's baloney. It's all a matter of random choice whether or not your job continues. This is why there is no work ethic in this country. --Anonymous
The worst decision is not making a choice. It is worse than making the wrong choice. --Al Dunlap
Tremendous differences in culture, attitudes and customs in different regions of the U.S. make it imperative to indentify the expectations of the community you are considering and what that might mean for your business. --Jim Schriner
Eventually I got to speak with a live person that sounded like a tape. --Sal Marino
If you wake up at midnight with a problem, you can email your therapist without waking him or her up...you might even get a reply by the next morning. --Shari Cauldron
If your organization is not changing faster than the world outside is changing, then the end of your organization is rapidly approaching. --Don Wainwright
