“Ponder, and then act.”
“Half-measures are vain.”
“The longer you look back, the farther you can look forward.”
“An efficient and successful administration manifests itself equally in small as in great matters.”
“I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.”
“Do not become the passive matrix upon which others impose their designs.”
“Do not fritter away your energy on small schemes.”
“Every decision must be forced to a clear-cut issue.”
“Few sensations are more painful than responsibility without power.”
“Take charge and accept full responsibility.”
Use a simplified organizational structure that emphasizes responsibility.”
“Step by step. Seek to proceed by design through crisis to decision.”
“It is essential that you shold beforehand give the decisions which will allow your lieutenants to act effectively.”
“All these questions can be settled harmoniously if they are related to some central design.”
“It is far better to take too many precautions than too few.”
“It is better not to act when one has grave doubts as to the consequences of one’s act.”
“I would rather be right than consistent.”
“Nothing avails but perfection may be spelt shorter, paralysis.”
“Do not let the better be the enemy of good.”
“If we manage it well, it will only take half as long as if we manage it badly.”
“It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture.”
“It is sheer laziness not compressing thought into a reasonable space.”
“Trust the people, tell the truth.”
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