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Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed read more
Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.
Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they read more
Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. read more
A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong - that's healthy.
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to read more
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to do, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
