Larry Kersten Quotations

Mediocrity - It takes a lot less time and most people won't notice the difference until it's too late.

Nepotism - We promote family values here almost as often as we promote family members.

Retirement - Because you've given so much of yourself to the company that you don't have anything left we can use.

Pessimism - Every dark cloud has a silver lining, but lightning kills hundreds of people each year who are trying to find it.

Humiliation - The harder you try, the dumber you look.

Overconfidence - Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.

Loneliness - If you find yourself struggling with loneliness, you're not alone. And yet you are alone. So very alone.

Failure - When your best just isn't good enough.

Blame - The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures.

Bitterness - Never be afraid to share your dreams with the world, because there's nothing the world loves more than the taste of really sweet dreams.

Discovery - A company that will go to the ends of the earth for its people will discover it can hire them for about 10% of the cost of Americans.

Elitism - It's lonely at the top. But it's comforting to look down upon everyone at the bottom.

Dysfunction - The only consistent feature of all of your dissatisfying relationships is you.

Flattery - If you want to get to the top, prepare to kiss a lot of the bottom.

Fear - Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea.

Teamwork - A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.

Sacrifice - Your role may be thankless, but if you're willing to five it your all, you just might bring success to those who outlast you.

Power - Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too.

Pretension - The downside of being better than everyone else is that people tend to assume you're pretentious.

Procrastination: Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now

Stupidity - Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win AND never win are idiots.

Dreams - Dreams are like rainbows. Only idiots chase them.

Defeat - For every winner there are dozens of losers. Odds are you're one of them.

Demotivation - Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people.

Ambition - The journey of a thousand miles sometimes ends very, very badly.

CONSULTING: If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem.

Incompetence - When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there's no end to what you can't do.

Insanity - It's difficult to comprehend how insane some people can be. Especially when you're insane.

Hazards - There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. Miss that, though, and you're pretty much doomed.