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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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not...

Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a...

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a...

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

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.

Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding...

Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding...

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or...

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or...

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate...

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate...

In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing....

In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing....

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...

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

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.

A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great...

A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great...

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the...

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the...