Ego trip: a journey to nowhere.
—Robert Half
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn’t understand the problem.
—Robert Half
People who look down on other people don’t end up being looked up to.
—Robert Half
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, Failure
Talent does you no good unless it’s recognized by someone else.
—Robert Half
Topics: Talent
There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.
—Robert Half
Topics: Retirement
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
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
—Robert Half
Topics: Perseverance
It’s easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
—Robert Half
Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.
—Robert Half
Topics: Questions
Don’t worry about losing weight; you’ll find it exactly where you lost it.
—Robert Half
Topics: Health
When one teaches, two learn.
—Robert Half
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
—Robert Half
Postponement: the sincerest form of rejection.
—Robert Half
Topics: Procrastination
The longer is the excuse, the less likely it’s the truth.
—Robert Half
Topics: Failure
The brain is a mass of cranial nerve tissue, most of it in mint condition.
—Robert Half
Topics: Intelligence
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
—Robert Half
Topics: Acting, Actors, Ideas