Wise Words for the Workplace

1.) There are no facts, only opinions.
2.) Problems that go away by themselves come back by themselves.
3.) Just because youłve fixed a problem that doesnłt mean youłve fixed the problem.
4.) Just because it works that doesnłt meant itłs right.
5.) Never mistake activity for progress.
6.) Whom you bad-mouth today will be your boss tomorrow.
7.) They will remember how poorly the job was done long after theyłve forgotten how quickly it was done.
8.) If you hang around long enough youłll get somewhere.
9.) Nothing is simple.
10.) If it were simple, everyone would do it.
11.) The hardest lesson to learn is that learning is a continual process.
12.) No one will grow who is not stretched.
13.) It doesnłt matter how long you work on something, what counts is getting it done right.
14.) Failure to plan on your part does NOT constitute an emergency on my part.
15.) Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.
16.) That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.
17.) You canłt make a fact out of an opinion by raising your voice.
18.) You can never destroy the Establishment, you can only replace it. If you do take over, you become the Establishment.
19.) Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
20.) Every advantage has at least one corresponding disadvantage.
21.) Carpe Diem
Seize the day.
22.) By working faithfully 8 hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work 12 hours a day.
23.) If you canłt get all of your work done in 24 hours, work nights!
24.) It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
25.) You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
26.) If a committee or team is allowed to discuss a bad idea long enough it will vote to implement the idea simply because so much work has already been done on it.
27.) The Principle of Success
get up one more time than youłre knocked down.
28.) Donłt be irreplaceable. If you canłt be replaced, you canłt be promoted.
29.) Ambrose Biercełs definition of a lawyer
one skilled at circumventing the law.
30.) The only function of economic forecasting is to make weather forecasting look respectable; the only function of weather forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
31.) Some say the squeaky wheel gets the grease, others point out that it is the first to get replaced.
32.) The closer a day is to a weekend, holiday, or vacation the greater the probability an employee will call in sick. No one is sick on a Wednesday.
33.) Any discussion of increasing productivity or taxes refers to that of others.
34.) Think lucky, if you fall in a pond, check your hip pockets for fish.
35.) The less you know about an opportunity, the more attractive it is.
36.) If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to treat everything as a nail.
37.) If your boss were any smarter would you be out of a job?
38.) Team work is a lot of people doing what I say.
39.) To lead people, give them a reason to follow you and the freedom to do so.