1. “Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.” —Sun Tzu
2. “If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.” – Sun Tzu
3. “If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.” -Sun Tzu
4. “The skillful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.” — Sun Tzu
5. “Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.” – Walter Chrysler
6. “People are definitely a company’s greatest asset. It doesn’t make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.” – Mary Kay Ash
7. “When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding management, our favorite holding period is forever.” – Warren Buffet
8. “When a management team with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.” -Warren Buffett
9. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”-Peter F. Drucker
10. “Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.” -Peter Drucker
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