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" In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO. "

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" The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. "

" I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers. "

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" Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss. "

" One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt. "

" Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. "

" The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen. "

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" What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed. "

" My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. "

" The speed of the boss is the speed of the team. "

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" I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford. "

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" The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. "

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" There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there. "

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" To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for. "

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