After Momma gave birth to twelve of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.
Dolly PartonRead
If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Fair compensation reflects the value of work and effort put in.
This quote emphasizes the importance of fairness in remuneration. Dolly Parton expresses that while it is essential to pay people for their contributions, it is equally important to ensure that pay is commensurate with the work done, advocating for a balance between appreciation and meritocracy in the workplace.
Themes
FairnessLeadershipCompensationWorkValue
In practice
Example use cases
In a team meeting discussing salary adjustments, this quote can emphasize the importance of fair pay based on performance.
More from Dolly Parton
All quotes βMy songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.
Dolly PartonRead
A real important thing is that, though I rely on my husband for love, I rely on myself for strength.
Dolly PartonRead
The hardest exercise for most of us fat people is that one where we push our chairback from the dinner table.
Dolly PartonRead
If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.
Dolly PartonRead
Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume.
Dolly PartonRead
Similar quotes
This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift; it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible.
Carter G. WoodsonRead
In a free government the demand for moral qualities should be made superior to that of talents.
Andrew JacksonRead
A boss who micromanages is like a coach who wants to get in the game. Leaders guide and support and then sit back to cheer from the sidelines.
Simon SinekRead
How does a woman in authority convey that authority? Is it possible for a woman to rule without sounding shrill? Is it possible for a woman to manage without manipulating? All of these things seem to me to be very much at the fore today, and were no less the case 2,000 years ago.
Stacy SchiffRead
The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.
Harry S. TrumanRead
While strength is the natural quality of an individual seen in isolation, power springs up between men when they act together and vanishes the moment they disperse.
Hannah ArendtRead