Best Management Quotes

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

You will never ‘find’ time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Stop complaining about having no time for yourself and get up an hour earlier. You have the option, why not exercise it?

Time your actions so you’re not fighting against the currents but moving with them.

To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

A great man is one who can have power and not abuse it.

You don’t lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

The key to success is for you to make a habit throughout your life of doing the things you fear.

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

A Man’s management of his own purse speaks volumes about character

Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.

All progress depends on the unreasonable man.

The perception of duration itself presupposes a duration of perception.

Anger is one letter short of danger.

Get mad, then get over it.

The right thing to do is to thank them for their work, let people know that they’re moving on, and … you don’t really have to explain all their personal details. It’s more important to leave them with their dignity… and let them go on to live another day. Remember, what you say at that meeting, that’s their reputation.

All lasting business is built on friendship.

Now property is part of a household, and the acquisition of property part of household-management; for neither life itself nor the good life is possible without a certain minimum supply of the necessities.

The difference between mere management and leadership is communication.

The moment has no time.

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they’re expected to do – they always reach.

The one word that makes a good manager – decisiveness.

Here’s what management is about: Pick good people and set the right priorities.

I’m feeling very angry right now, because I have only one bed and no couch.

When there is some fear about accounting and growth and the economy, food stocks are a decent place to be, … This company has been through a bit of a restructuring the last couple of years. Management is doing a great job. The company is improving and people are buying chocolate. So, what a great week to buy it.

From the very beginning of this movement, Scientology has always been a very closeted organization. That aura of secrecy is something that the present-day management continues.

While political and cultural factors are important as explanations for differences in national technology policy and industrial practices, emergent trends in science, engineering and management are leading to new paradigms for high-technology innovation in both Japan and the United States.

Always hire people who are better than you. Hiring dummies is shortsighted. You can’t move up the ladder until everyone is comfortable with your replacement.

[Jack Nicklaus] was the first to bring in course management. He could go to a course and tell you within one stroke what was going to win. He used to set his sights on that because he could shoot it. He was the only player I know who, if he decided he wanted to win a tournament, could go out and do it. No one will ever be as popular as Arnold Palmer and no one will ever come close to Jack as a player.