It is easy to fool yourself. It is possible to fool the people you work for. It is more difficult to fool the people you work with. But it is almost impossible to fool the people who work under you.

Quote by Harry B Thayer

Topics: Work Quotes

Their charms, Sir John, I shall discover, I have no doubt, when dinner's over; At...

Their charms, Sir John, I shall discover, I have no doubt, when dinner's over; At...

There are three constants in life...change, choice and principles.

There are three constants in life...change, choice and principles.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and...

If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and...

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers...

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers...

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about...

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about...

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for...

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for...

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself...

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself...

'Tis better that a man's own works, than that another man's words should praise him

'Tis better that a man's own works, than that another man's words should praise him

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do...

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do...

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human...

The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human...

Why do I like racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to...

Why do I like racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to...

[The work] resembles a breech delivery-one which is expressed in rhythmic lurches, stabs of phrase...

[The work] resembles a breech delivery-one which is expressed in rhythmic lurches, stabs of phrase...

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for...

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for...