Boss Day Quotes - Page 2

• Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.

  Howard Aiken

  Life And Love, Business, Congratulations

  "A Computer Science Reader : Selections from Abacus" by Eric A. Weiss, (p. 404), 1988.

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• The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Relationship, Leadership

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.75, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Boss, Blame, Problem

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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• The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

  Casey Stengel

  Motivational, Business, Hate

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• Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  "Donald Trump’s Concession Speech" by Noam Bramson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 02, 2016.

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• A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished.

  Mikhail Bakunin

  Boss, Heaven, Earth

  "God and the State". Book by Mikhail Bakunin, 1882.

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• If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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• In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.

  Ken Blanchard

  Leadership, Power, Past

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• I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.

  Tim Gould

  Funny Work, Middle Management, Boss

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• I've learned from doing my own show with Fox that people are not your partners if they're signing the checks. Whoever signs your paycheck is the boss - no matter what they tell you.

  Joan Rivers

  People, Boss, Matter

  "Joan Rivers Interview: Her 6 Best One-Liners". Interview with Merle Ginsberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 12, 2013.

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• When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss. When he's in the Republican Party he's nothing but a leader.

  Harry S. Truman

  Leadership, Party, Government

  "The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman".

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• The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Inspirational, Leadership, Education

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• The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.

  Alanis Morissette

  Inspirational, Leadership, Jobs

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• Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Funny Work, Boss, Levels

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• I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Selfish, Acceptance, Boss

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  The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Leadership, Patriotic, Voice

  Woodrow Wilson (1965). “The Political Thought of Woodrow Wilson”

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• Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

  Tom Peters

  Leadership, Business, Insperational

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• A leader leads by example not by force.

  Sun Tzu

  Encouragement, War, Army

  "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, translated by Chow-Hou Wee, (Chapter IX), 2003.

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• Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.

  Patrick Ness

  Leadership, Hate, People

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• Every leader has the courage to make decisions. No decision is usually the worst decision.

  Orrin Woodward

  Decision, Leader, Boss

  Twitter post from Jul 05, 2016

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• A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Fear, Business, Responsibility

  Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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• If you are the boss it's wise to remember that there are lots of things you don't know and lots of people who hope you won't find out.

  Michael Josephson

  Wise, People, Boss

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