Wess Roberts quotes

“Anyone who doesn't make mistakes isn't trying hard enough.”
-- Wess Roberts

Source : Wess Roberts (2012). “Victory Secrets of Attila the Hun: 1,500 Years Ago Attila Got the Competitive Edge. Now He Tells You How You Can Get It, Too--His Way”, p.1, Dell

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“Do not delegate an assignment and then attempt to manage it yourself - you will make an enemy of the overruled subordinate.”
-- Wess Roberts

Source : Wess Roberts (2007). “Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun”, p.35, Hachette UK

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“Destiny is as destiny does. If you believe you have no control, then you have no control.”
-- Wess Roberts

Source : Wess Roberts (1998). “Protect Your Achilles Heel: Crafting Armor for the New Age at Work”, Andrews McMeel Pub

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“Much of the stress you experience may be created by recognizing a problem and doing nothing about it.”
-- Wess Roberts

Source : Wess Roberts (1992). “Straight A's Never Made Anybody Rich: Lessons in Personal Achievement”, Harper Perennial

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“The only habits you never conquer are the ones you put off doing something about.”
-- Wess Roberts

Source : Wess Roberts (1992). “Straight A's Never Made Anybody Rich: Lessons in Personal Achievement”, Harper Perennial

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“Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.”

“Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.”

Source : "The Boondocks". Comic Strip by Aaron McGruder, July 10, 2001.

“Make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You're a group of incredibly, well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You're barely functional. There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups, but the screw-ups, they're a-coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.”

“I worry because there is a basic asymmetry, an imbalance, between the two parties. For the Palestinians, it is about status and sovereignty, which could always be adjusted, while for Israel it is about security and trust. And security is something you can't adjust. If you make a mistake on the scrutiny issue, there is no going back.”

“There is a certain kind of pain that can change you. Even the strongest sword, when placed in a raging fire, will soften and bend and change its form... Trust me on this one. I know this from personal experience. I hope that you never will, but, since you're a person, and therefore prone to making horrible, soul-splitting mistakes, you probably will one day know what this kind of guilt and shame feels like. And when that time comes, I hope you have the strength...to take advantage of the fire and reshape your own sword.”

“One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.”

“Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before reaching forty.”

Source : "USA Today founder Al Neuharth dies in Florida at 89". www.foxnews.com. April 19, 2013.

“Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.”

“In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.”

“It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.”

Source : In Observer 17 Aug. 1986