"My observation is that whenever one person..." - Quote by George Washington
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
More by George Washington
“But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.”
“I never say anything of a man that I have the smallest scruple of saying to him.”
“Integrity and firmness is all I can promise; these, be the voyage long or short, never shall forsake me though I be deserted by all men. For of the consolations which are to be derived from these (under any circumstances) the world cannot deprive me.”
More on Efficiency
“No man manages his affairs as well as a tree does”
“In business courtesy and efficiency have a symbiotic relationship.”
“To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.”
More on Responsibility
“When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.”
“Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.”
“Nobody else is going to do the things which are yours to be done in the world.”