Albert Speer Quotes

Bosses are the ones calling the shots, as they should in any organization. And if you think you're above your boss, that's not reality.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.

The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.

Lead, don't drive. And give credit. Don't blame. If an officer on your team suggested something and it worked well, give them credit. If it doesn't work well, you take the blame because you made the decision.

If someone were plucked from the group and given those responsibilities, they might find themselves growing more aloof, just by virtue of that promotion. Suddenly the group culture excludes you. I saw this in my own working life, and I don't think it's a coincidence - I sensed a kind of loneliness in middle managers especially.

No. Not really. A weapon didn't come to an agreement with the hand that held it.

Never delegate. Always empower.

Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.

You always have a choice. Don't ever imagine you don't. Whatever you do, it's a decision and you have to accept responsibility for it. That's when honor becomes more than empty words.

No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?

I couldn’t help it,” I said, knowing how lame that sounded. It was as bad as Angeline’s “it’s not my fault” mantra.

If not me- who?, If not now- when?

The buck stops with me, but I can tick off dozens of very good senior executives that are responsible for hundreds or thousands of people who work for me.

If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.

You can make excuses or you can make progress. You choose.

The words It's not my fault! should never again come from your mouth. The words It's not my fault! have been symbolically written on the gravestones of unsuccessful people ever since Eve took her first bite of the apple.

I never rejected any responsibility, but that depends on the decision.

Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.

I am very comfortable with the strategic decisions that I made.

'As you have made your bed, so you must lie on it'; which again is simply a lie. If I have made my bed uncomfortable, please God I will make it again.

Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.

The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.

I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.