Occupation: Business Person Birth: February 17, 1874 Death: June 19, 1956
Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself..
Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people..
A manager is an assistant to his men..
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of de….
You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll f….
It is a common mistake to think of failure as the enemy of success. Failure is a teacher-a harsh one, but the best. Pull your failures to pieces look….
It was courage, faith, endurance and a dogged determination to surmount all obstacles that built this bridge..
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crack….
Success is on the far side of failure..
The way to succeed is to double your error rate..
Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone a….
Failure is a teacher; a harsh one, but the best..
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use..
Do you want to succeed? Then, double you rate of failure. Success lies on the far side of failure..
You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news..
If you want to succeed, double your failure rate..
The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphas….
Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 trai….
Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new..
Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops..
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm..