"The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on ability   

"Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey, but we think we can play much better."

Lemieux, Mario on ability   

"Not many men have both good fortune and good sense."

Livy, Titus on ability
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"Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career."

Moore, Grace on ability
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"Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short."

Newman, John Henry on ability
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"Ability is sexless."

Pankhurst, Christabel on ability
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"When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece."

Ruskin, John on ability
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"The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition."

Ruskin, John on ability
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"The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered."

Temple, Sir William on ability   

"Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on ability
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"Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability."

Shaw, George Bernard on ability   

"Remember that when an employee enters your office, they are in a strange land."

Schell, Erwin H. on management   

"The best criticism doesn't trap an employee or child in a dead end. It gives them an escape route."

Unknown, Source on criticism   

"Conducting your business in a socially responsible way is good business. It means that you can attract better employees and that customers will know what you stand for and like you for it."

Burns, M. Anthony on business   

"Whatever happens, take responsibility."

Robbins, Anthony on responsibility
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"Responsibility educates."

Phillips, Wendell on responsibility   

"The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man."

Hunt, Roy L. on responsibility
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"Each is responsible for his own actions."

Hunt, H. L. on responsibility
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"No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility."

Hill, Napoleon on responsibility
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"We are each responsible for all of our experiences."

Hay, Louise L. on responsibility
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"The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision."

Hook, Harold on business   

"An individual without information can't take responsibility. An individual with information can't help but take responsibility."

Carlzon, Jan on responsibility
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"We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible."

Massie, Allan on responsibility
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"Give up control even if it means the employees have to make some mistakes."

Flores, Frank on delegation
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"Most important for us is a good spiritual relationship between employees and management."

Andoh, Tatsuhiko on bosses and employees   

"The employer generally gets the employees he deserves."

Gilbey, Walter on business   

"Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners."

Allen, Fred A. on business
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"Companies that give excellent service reward employees for providing it."

Unknown, Source on war   

"An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it."

Marquis, Don on ideas
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"Generally, employees who file complaints of discrimination do so as a last resort."

Fields, Rubye on equality   

"Organizations that remain vital show their new employees that they are needed. At the same time, they never forget the value of their long-service employees. And they always give both a second chance."

Unknown, Source on organization   

"An executive is someone who talks with visitors so the other employees can get their work done."

Unknown, Source on management
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"Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity."

Gordimer, Nadine on responsibility   

"All business depends upon men fulfilling their responsibilities."

Gandhi, Mahatma on responsibility
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"Friendship is like a bank account. You can't continue to draw on it without making deposits."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship
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"Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others."

Wilde, Oscar on wickedness
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"Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got."

Young, Andrew on influence   

"As novices, we think we're entirely responsible for the way people treat us. I have long since learned that we are responsible only for the way we treat people."

Lane, Rose Wilder on responsibility   

"Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility. In the final analysis, the only quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility."

Korda, Michael on responsibility   

"Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on facts