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

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...

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...

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...

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

Written reports stifle creativity.

Written reports stifle creativity.

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...

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...

In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'

In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'

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,...

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...

Once you pay the bills, money is the most overrated thing in the world.

Once you pay the bills, money is the most overrated thing in the world.

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...

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.

Written reports stifle creativity.

Written reports stifle creativity.

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.

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....

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...

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

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