If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings—and put compensation as a carrier behind it—you almost don't have to manage them."
— Jack Welch
Make your top managers rich and they will make you rich."
— Robert H. Johnson
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it."
— Proverbs 3:27
"Catch someone doing something right."
— Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
"Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."
— Paul Dickson
"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out."
— Ronald Reagan
"Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish."
— Marcus Aurelius
"Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it . . . ; Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine."
— David Ogilvy
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world."
— John Le Caré