“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.” – Sam Walton
“Idle minds are the devil’s playground.” – The Holy Vedas
“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.” – Harold S. Geneen
“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” – Peter Drucker
“If you’re not learning while you’re earning, you’re cheating yourself out of the compensation.” – Napoleon Hill
“Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.” – Charles F. Kettering
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” – Henry Ford
“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” – Harvey S. Firestone
“An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.” – Jack Welch
“What you are comes to you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Let him that would move the world, first move himself.” – Socrates
“In motivating people, you’ve got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example—and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.” – Rupert Murdoch
“If you pick the right people and give them opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it, you almost don’t have to manage them.” – Jack Welch
“Never ask the barber if you need a haircut.” – Warren Buffett
“I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.” – Charles Schwab
“Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune.” – Sam Walton
“Whatever we do must be in accord with human nature. We cannot drive people; we must direct their development…the general policy of the past has been to drive; but the era of force must give way to that of knowledge, and the policy of the future will be to teach and lead, to the advantage of all concerned.” – Henry Gantt
“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” – Napoleon Hill
“Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.” – Peter Drucker
“A manager is an assistant to his men.” – Thomas J. Watson
