The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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With self-discipline most anything is possible.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun...

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun...

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it...

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it...

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered...

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered...

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he...

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he...

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get...

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get...

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is...

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is...

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than...

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than...

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name...

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name...

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual...

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual...

The men and women who have the right ideals ... are those who have the...

The men and women who have the right ideals ... are those who have the...

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in...

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in...

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up...

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up...

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better...

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better...

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man...

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man...

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...