Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.

Quote by Ross Perot

Topics: Mankind Quotes

If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the...

If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the...

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and...

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and...

Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.

Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.

Life is like a cobweb, not an organizational chart.

Life is like a cobweb, not an organizational chart.

If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably...

If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably...

The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be...

The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be...

Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.

Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.

Most new jobs won't come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest....

Most new jobs won't come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest....

Written reports stifle creativity.

Written reports stifle creativity.

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...

Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how...

Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how...

Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're...

Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're...

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the...

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the...

Written reports stifle creativity.

Written reports stifle creativity.

If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.

If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is...

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is...

You don't have to be the biggest to beat the biggest.

You don't have to be the biggest to beat the biggest.

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. '

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. '

A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads...

A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads...