George Washington Goethals famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice
-- George Washington Goethals

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Knowledge of our duties is the most essential part of the philosophy of life. If you escape duty you avoid action. The world demands results.
-- George Washington Goethals

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Successfully to accomplish any task it is necessary not only that you should give it the best there is in you, but that you should obtain for it the best there is in those under your guidance.
-- George Washington Goethals

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A tale is told of a man in Paris during the upheaval in 1948, who saw a friend marching after a crowd toward the barricades. Warning him that these could not be held against the troops, that he had better keep way, he received this reply, " I must follow them. I am their leader."
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
Justice should be cheap but judges expensive.
Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation and exploitation. They would have social peace at the expense of social and racial justice. They are more concerned with easing racial tension than enforcing racial democracy.
I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.
When trust is lost, a nation's ability to transact business is palpably undermined.
Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it.
We are all more capable than we think we are.

George Washington Goethals famous quotes

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