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Lois Wyse Biography

Lois Wyse (October 30, 1926 – July 6, 2007) was an American advertising executive, author and columnist. At the time of her death, Wyse was credited with writing more than 60 books on diverse topics such as business, love and family.

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Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

Inspirational, Men, Sorry, Taught, Weaknesses, Women

Corporations, being only human, make mistakes. Sometimes you may end up working for one of those mistakes.

Human, Make, May, Mistake, Work, Working

. . . in this impersonal world of the nine-digit zip code, credit cards, and numbered bank accounts, in this world of no marriage, late marriage, and remarriage, the operative word in office relationships is 'family.

Cards, Credit, Family, Impersonal, Office

I thought about all of us women and how we spend half our lives rebelling against our mothers and the next half rebelling against our daughters.

Against, Daughter, Half, Mother, Spend, Thought

Don't get so involved in the duties of your life and your children that you forget the pleasure. Remember why you had children.

Children, Duties, Forget, Involved, Remember

Didn't we, like our grandchildren, begin with a childhood we thought would never end? Now, all of a sudden, I'm older than my parents were when I thought they were old.

Childhood, Grandchildren, Grandparent, Old, Parents, Sudden

Letters remind us that when we write we can bring back the best of times, even make time stand still, if only for a few minutes.

Back, Letters, Making Time, Time, Times, Writing

Power never takes two weeks off. Power takes long weekends.

Power, Two, Weekend, Weekends, Weeks

All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life.

Friends, Friendship, Ifs, Life, True, True Friend

The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.

Avoid, Dangerous, Inspirational, Negotiation, Spoken, Yes

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

Connect, Dots, Grandchildren, Grandma, Grandmother, Lines

Carelessness with details sinks more careers than anyone will admit.

Careers, Carelessness, Details, Incompetence, Sinks

Women on the way up generally fail to win popularity contests. The only compensation is that once you're there you will become very well liked.

Become, Failing, Liked, Way, Win, Winning

A letter is never ill-timed; it never interrupts. Instead it waits for us to find the opportune minute, the quiet moment to savor the message. There is an element of timelessness about letter writing.

Moment, Quiet Moments, Timelessness, Waiting, Waits, Writing

Age becomes reality when you hear someone refer to that attractive young woman standing next to the woman in the green dress, and you find that you're the one in the green dress.

Age, Birthday, Reality, Woman, Young

Power, like fear, had a taste. But power tasted better.

Fear, Like, Power, Taste, Tasted

Love is a great glue, but there is no cement like mutual hate.

Cement, Glue, Hate, Love, Love Is

A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.

Best Friend, Friend, Friendship, Key, Life, Totally

. . . letters freeze time for us, eternalizing shared experiences so we can go back and draw strength from them. Letters are like deposits in a secret bank that can be withdrawn when they are needed. And as we look back in love, we appreciate anew the thought and time that was taken to express those feelings.

Appreciate, Back, Experiences, Feelings, Like, Taken

I have a theory that since everyone is always dieting, no one at a convention dinner ever eats the potatoes. Therefore, they go back to the kitchen uneaten. And the next night they reappear at another convention. Therefore, one should never eat the potatoes. Who knows? They may be six or seven years old.

Convention, Dinner, Food, Kitchen, Night, Years

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