The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Theodore Roosevelt

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Henry Ford

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Henry Ford

The best thing a manager can do is to hire the right people.

Lee Iacocca

The art of making plans consists of pre-empting the difficulties of its completion.

Luc de Clapiers, Marqius des Vauvenargues

There are more people who surrender, than those who fail.

Henry Ford

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci

The framing of a problem is often far more essential than its solution, because the exact framing of the problem leads to its solution.

Albert Einstein

I don’t sell future for instant success.

Werner von Siemens