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    I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.

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It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

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The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still read more

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

by Casey Stengel Found in: Managers Quotes,
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It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate read more

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.

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Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they read more

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.

by Alan Watts Found in: Principles Quotes,
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Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

by Thornton Wilder Found in: Managers Quotes,
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Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

by Groucho Marx Found in: Principles Quotes,
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We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

by Mark Twain Found in: Principles Quotes,
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Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Principles Quotes,
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Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.

Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.

by L. Aldin Porter Found in: Principles Quotes,
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