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

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to...

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to...

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...

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

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.

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

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

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do...

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do...

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.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the...

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the...

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

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

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

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...

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good...

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good...

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!'...

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!'...

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 took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on,...

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on,...

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we...

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we...

Necessity hath no law

Necessity hath no law

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be...

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be...