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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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...

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to...

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to...

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of...

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of...

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...

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...

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

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

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where...

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where...

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...

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

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

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...

The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to...

The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to...

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

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...

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from...

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from...

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is...

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is...

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I...

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I...

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...

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely...

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

When the shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise,...

When the shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise,...