One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure

Top management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is

True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders

A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs

Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not people

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?

The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain