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    I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.

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Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Principles Quotes,
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One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.

One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.

by Robert Townsend Found in: Managers Quotes,
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Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.

Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.

by L. Aldin Porter Found in: Principles Quotes,
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I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

by Everett Dirksen Found in: Principles Quotes,
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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.

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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.

by William Feather Found in: Principles Quotes,
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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.

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Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

by Thornton Wilder Found in: Managers Quotes,
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Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Principles Quotes,
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