Inspirational Quotes by Robert Half

Time spent on hiring is time well spent.
—Robert Half
Topics: Time, Time Management

Immaturity can last a lifetime.
—Robert Half
Topics: Youth

Whoever created the name life insurance had to be the sales genius of all time.
—Robert Half
Topics: Security

Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
—Robert Half
Topics: Happiness

Ego trip: a journey to nowhere.
—Robert Half
Topics: Ego

When the customer comes first, the customer will last
—Robert Half
Topics: Customers

The search for someone to blame is always successful.
—Robert Half
Topics: Blame

Postponement: the sincerest form of rejection.
—Robert Half
Topics: Procrastination

It’s hard to believe that some day I’ll be an ancestor.
—Robert Half
Topics: Aging

Convincing yourself doesn’t win an argument
—Robert Half
Topics: One liners, Arguments

If birds of a feather flock together, they don’t learn enough.
—Robert Half
Topics: Example

The longer is the excuse, the less likely it’s the truth.
—Robert Half
Topics: Failure

Politics is an excellent career, unless you get caught.
—Robert Half
Topics: Politics

Death is the penalty we all pay for the privilege of life.
—Robert Half
Topics: Death

It’s easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
—Robert Half
Topics: Right

Work is uninspiring, unappreciated and underpaid-unless you’re out of it.
—Robert Half
Topics: Work

An M.B.A’s first shock could be the realization that companies require experience before they hire a chief executive officer.
—Robert Half
Topics: Experience

No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.
—Robert Half
Topics: Time Management, Time

Aspirations can cure headaches
—Robert Half
Topics: One liners, Aspirations

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.
—Robert Half
Topics: Talent

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it’s only kept a secret from the person who fails.
—Robert Half
Topics: Mistakes, Failures, Laziness, Failure

The brain is a mass of cranial nerve tissue, most of it in mint condition.
—Robert Half
Topics: Intelligence

Ability is useless unless it’s used.
—Robert Half
Topics: Ability

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.
—Robert Half
Topics: Society

Convincing yourself does not win an argument.
—Robert Half

There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.
—Robert Half
Topics: Retirement

When one teaches, two learn.
—Robert Half

Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.
—Robert Half
Topics: Leaders, Leadership

Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
—Robert Half
Topics: Perseverance

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
—Robert Half
Topics: Acting, Actors, Ideas