Harvey Mackay Quotes

Maybe someone will step up, but they don't have anyone right now.

We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

Whoever can, should.

I promise I will get up every day, determined to make a difference... I am ready to serve.

I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead.

[President] McKinley gave [Lt. Andrew Sommers] Rowan a letter to be delivered to [General Calixto] Garcia: Rowan took the letter and did not ask, "Where is he at?" By the eternal, there is a man whose form should be cast in deathless bronze and the statue placed in every college in the land. It is not book learning that young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebrae which will cause them to be loyal to a trust to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do the thing—"carry a message to Garcia.

When you see something that needs to be done, you do it.

My role isn't just receiving.

Leaders always step up, regardless of the circumstances.

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility... in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have... is the ability to take on responsibility.

You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line.

Decisions are made by those who show up.

If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must be done, he must suggest the something. The unpardonable sin is to propose nothing, when action is imperative.

Is it important to have a crew behind me? No, it's important to have me behind them. That's how I look at it. You can't just roll with a situation like you're depending on somebody to help you. You're supposed to help the situation, whatever the situation is that you're in.

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

You have to step up when your number is called.

The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with Social Security and the Cold War. When there is a problem, you fix it. That is the job you have been sent to do and you cannot wait for someone else to do it for you.

The world belongs to those who show up.

If everyone is motivated, we will succeed. If people are aware of their responsibilities, we will succeed. If people are committed, we will succeed. Don’t wait for things to happen. Make things happen! It is OK to take risks, Sometimes you will make mistakes. Learn from your mistakes, and you will succeed.

I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.

That's the true meaning of being a leader: being able to deal with the consequences and take the responsibility for it. That's who I want to be.