I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate read more

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.

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

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

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

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.