“In my experience, assistants who are not carefully superintended may be worse than none …The less brilliant ones often fail to understand the force of one’s suggestions, and the more brilliant ones often strike out on blind paths of their own if not carefully watched.”
"[P]atience, patience, patience! Only by persistent, unremitting labor can a lasting outcome be reached."
- Theodore William Richards
Perseverance
"[L]et us hope that yet finer means of research and yet deeper chemical knowledge may make possible further improvements, yielding for mankind a more profound and far-reaching knowledge of the secrets of the wonderful Universe in which our lot is cast."
- Theodore William Richards
Knowledge
"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership
"Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability."
- Harvey Mackay
Leadership
"Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first."
- Angela Ahrendts
Leadership
"Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure."
- Stanley McChrystal
Leadership
"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage."
- Jack Welch
Leadership