Occupation: Author Birth: May 23, 1875 Death: February 17, 1966
It is astonishing what you can do when you have a lot of energy, ambition and plenty of ignorance..
Take my assets - but leave me my organization and in five years I'll have it all back..
It is impossible to get the measure of what an individual can accomplish unless the responsibility is given him..
The business of business is business..
The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to ….
If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves ti….
There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do som….
Work hard. There is no short cut..
A car for every purse and purpose..
The late Alfred P. Sloan, Ir., long-time executive of General Motors Corporation, had a fivepoint "secret of success." It was: 1. Get the facts. 2. R….
Give a man a clear-cut job and let him do it..
... Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs..
Some have an idea that the reason we in this country discard things so readily is because we have so much. The facts are exactly opposite-the reason ….
I have never issued an order since I have been the operating head of the corporation..
The worst is over without a doubt..
Advanced engineering always, like advanced everything else, brings down upon it the discredit of ridicule of minds who cannot see so far..
Never inject a man into the top, if it can be avoided. In a big organization, to have to do that, I think, is a reflection on management, Of course t….
Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hope….
In any organization men would move up form the bottom to the top. That develops loyalty, ambition and talent, because there is a chance for promotion..
There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy..
Only in more production and in new production can the American standard of living be increased and the economy be sound..