"My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people."

People, Job

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"My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people."

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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"Do you genuinely love people? Or at least make an effort to like them? Your first impressions will be made easier and more successful when you start with your heart."

Susan C. Young, American Author

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"People will not remember what you did for living,they will remember how you touched them with kindness and loving."

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"He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

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"People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy."

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"No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

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"With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

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"There are three categories of people exist in the world; "the wanters", "the wishers" and "the makers."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have."

H. G. Wells, English Author

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"Clinton... believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters would understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives."

Bob Woodward, American Journalist

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"I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being."

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"The thought in my mind was that I must be a good merchant. If I were a good merchant, the rest would probably take care of itself."

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"Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence."

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"No company can afford not to move forward. It may be at the top of the heap today but at the bottom of the heap tomorrow, if it doesn't."

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"No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability; far more unused than used power."

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"I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck. Nor would I want to deal with him as a customer or a supplier."

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"We get real results only in proportion to the real values we give."

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"It is always the start that requires the greatest effort."

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"The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress."

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"I was long brought up to think that it was nothing short of a crime to miss a sale."

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