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

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.

Life is like a cobweb, not an organizational chart.

Life is like a cobweb, not an organizational chart.

Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.

Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

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...

Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time.

Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time.

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...

Written reports stifle creativity.

Written reports stifle creativity.

If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn,...

If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn,...

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.

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...

Written reports stifle creativity.

Written reports stifle creativity.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

Don't ever rush creativity.

Don't ever rush creativity.

Writing is a craft not an art.

Writing is a craft not an art.