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"You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves."
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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."
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"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."
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"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."
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"Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted."
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"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."
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"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."
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"People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not."
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"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."
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"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"
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"You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it."
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"An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager."
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"You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within."
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"Just the act of listening means more than you can imagine to most employees."
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"You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves."
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"It is always easier - and usually far more effective - to focus on changing your behavior than on changing the behavior of others."
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"Take your work seriously and yourself lightly."
Work

"An open-door policy doesn't do much for a closed mind."
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"People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition."
Money

"Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways."
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