Adversity - That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable
Agony - Not all pain is gain.
Apathy - If we don't take care of the customer, maybe they'll stop bugging us.
Arrogance - The best leaders inspire by example. When that's not an option, brute intimidation works pretty well, too.
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.
Blame - The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures.
Burnout - Attitudes are contagious. Mine might kill you.
Cluelessness - There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
Conformity - When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Consulting - If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem.
Dare to slack - When birds fly in the right formation, they need only exert half the effort. Even in nature, teamwork results in collective laziness.
Defeat - For every winner, there are dozens of losers. Odds are you're one of them.
Delusions - There is no greater joy than soaring high on the wings of your dreams. Except maybe the joy of watching a dreamer who has nowhere to land but in the ocean of reality.
Demotivation - Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people.
Despair - It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black.
Disloyalty - There comes a time when every team must learn to make individual sacrifices.
Disservice - It takes months to find a customer, but only seconds to lose one... The good news is that we should run out of them in no time.
Doubt - In the battle between you and the world, bet on the world.
Dysfunction - The only consistent feature of all your dissatisfying relationships is you.
Elitism - It's lonely at the top. But it's comforting to look down upon everyone at the bottom.
Failure - When your best just isn't good enough.
Fear - Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea.
Flattery - If you want to get to the top, prepare to kiss a lot of the bottom.
Futility - You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take, and, statistically speaking, 99% of the shots you do.
Get to work - You aren't being paid to believe in the power of your dreams.
Goals - It's best to avoid standing directly between a competitive jerk and his goals.
Hazards - There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. Miss that, though, and you're pretty much doomed.
Humiliation - The harder you try, the dumber you look.
Idiocy - Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Ignorance - It's amazing how much easier it is for a team to work together when no one has any idea where they're going.
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.
Indifference - It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face.
Individuality - Always remember that you are unique, just like everybody else.
Ineptitude - If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly.
Insanity - It's difficult to comprehend how insane some people can be, especially when you're insane.
Intimidation - No one can make you feel inferior without your consent, but you'd be a fool to withhold that from your superiors.
Irresponsibility - No single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood.
Laziness - Success is a journey, not a destination. So stop running.
Leaders - Leaders are like eagles. We don't have either of them here.
Limitations - Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can walk.
Loneliness - If you find yourself struggling with loneliness, you're not alone. And yet you are alone. So very alone.
Losing - If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Mediocrity - It takes a lot less time and most people won't notice the difference.
Meetings - None of us is as dumb as all of us.
Misfortune - While good fortune often eludes you, this kind never misses.
Mistakes - It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.
Motivation - If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon.
Overconfidence - Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.
Pessimism - Every dark cloud has a silver lining, but lightning kills hundreds of people each year who are trying to find it.
Planning - Much work remains to be done before we can announce our total failure to make any progress.
Pretension - The downside of being better than everyone else is that people tend to assume you're pretentious.
Problems - No matter now great and destructive your problems may seem now, remember, you've probably only seen the tip of them.
Procrastination - Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.
Regret - It hurts to admit when you make mistakes. But when they're big enough, the pain only lasts a second.
Risks - If you never try anything new, you'll miss out on many of life's great disappointments.
Sacrifice - Your role may be thankless, but if you're willing to give it your all, you just might bring success to those who outlast you.
Strife - As long as we have each other, we'll never run out of problems.
Stupidity - Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win AND never quit are idiots.
Trouble - Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.
Underachievement - The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower.
