"It is absolutely necessary... for me to..." - Quote by George Washington

“Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.”

“A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.”

“In the composition of the human frame there is a good deal of inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a time.”

“Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.”

“True Leadership always begins with the inner person.”

“In using the strong hand, as now compelled to do, the government has a difficult duty to perform. At the very best, it will by turns do both too little and too much. It can properly have no motive of revenge, no purpose to punish merely for punishment's sake. While we must, by all available means, prevent the overthrow of the government, we should avoid planting and cultivating too many thorns in the bosom of society.”

“Executives do many things in addition to making decisions. But only executives make decisions. The first managerial skill is, therefore, the making of effective decisions.”

“There's no such thing as knowledge management;there are only knowledgeable people.Information only becomes knowledgein the hands of someonewho knows what to do with it.”

“Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.”