The PM Report
Quotes to Ponder
Here are some quotes that all employees should read. It just might help them think a little different about work and life, and generate some "new found" energy. They might even replace some bad habits with positive actions and ideas.

Please, if you know the origin of a quote let me know and I will affix the credits. if you have a comment, a quote that you would like to have added or a credit to add to a quote.

 
"When I'm right no one remembers; when I'm wrong no one forgets."
"If a man cannot keep his word, He is not a man at all"
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups"
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
"Proximity breeds contempt"
"If you always do what you've always done; then you'll always get what you've always gotten."
"If there's ever a better, then good just isn't good enough."
"The only thing you have to be is yourself"
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it even if I have said it unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"
"Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. "
"Power corrupts absolute, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. "
"Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it. "
"No one is listening until you make a mistake"
"Forgive your enemies but never forget their names" John F. Kennedy
"The best way to win is to forget to keep score"
"I believe in looking reality straight in the eyes and denying it"
"The most destructive force in the universe is Gossip"
"You can never tell which way the train went just by looking at the tracks"
"It is my responsibility to see that my opinion conforms to the facts, not twist the facts to conform to my opinion."
"I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person"
"A dead fish is the only one that goes with the flow"
"Telling the truth can be dangerous business, honest and popular don't go hand in hand"
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens"
"Always aim for the moon and even if you don't reach it don't worry, cause then you'll fall among the stars"
"It is better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not."
"Never let other's opinion become your own reality"
"The greatest risk is not taking one"
"A committee is a group of individuals who alone can decide nothing, but collectively, decide nothing can be done"
"Ignorance can be taught away, but stupidity is forever"
"Words hurt, but if you act upon them, they do more than that"
"I'd rather shoot for the stars and miss than shoot for nothing and hit"
"The hard thing about business is minding your own."
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
"A winner is not one who never fails but one who never quits"
"Don't believe everything you think."
"If you want to improve be content to be thought foolish and stupid"
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going to."
"It's better to be three hours early that one minute late"
"Second place is the first loser"
"You do not believe. That is why you fail."
"To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing"
"Leardeship is developed not discovered."
"Quick to judge, quick to anger; slow to understand. Ignorance and prejudice, and fear walk hand in hand"
"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it!"
"Give respect to gain respect!"
"Don't let anyone tell you that you can't, as long as you believe in yourself, anything is possible"
"Those of you who think you know everything really offend those of us who do!"
"Those who are smart, must sometimes act as a fool."
"Luck is what those without skill call those with talent"
"Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space"
"Don't give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat."
"Listening, not imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery..If you want to influence someone, listen to what he says"
"Don't allow your emotions to override your intellect"
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"
"You all laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you cause your all the same"
"Those who say they don't, do the most"
"If you don't like me for who I am, then you don't like me for who I am; and all you are going to get is all I am."
"Incompetent people rarely realize that they are, yet they are incompetent because they choose to be"
"If you don't know me, Don't judge me"
"Speak when you're angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret"
"Whether you think you can succeed or not, you're right."
"Accept a person how he is, not how you want him to be."
"A small leak will sink a great ship"