George S. Patton Quotes

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

In terms of leadership, you've got to allow for people to be amazing and to contribute in a way that's meaningful. You can't hold on so tight that people don't get a chance to do what they do best.

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.

What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.

Whether it be the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone.

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

Organizations that can diminish fear are those that are able to motivate, create, and innovate.

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

If the work requires smart, talented, creative people, then more than anything, you want to enable folks on the team to create.

A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.

Creativity is every company's first driver. It's where everything starts, where energy and forward motion originate. Without that first charge of creativity, nothing else can take place.

Teachers today are breaking down obstacles, finding innovative ways to instill old lessons, proving that greatness can be found in everyday places.

Mothers are the necessity of invention.

Don't wait for someone to tell you what to do. Develop an innovative solution and work as a team to make it happen.

A good head has one hundred hands.

... encourage the free play of our people's genius for individual initiative.

Curiosity and creating ideas ironically are both democratized; they cost no money, anyone can do them, and it's up the individual and the force of their personality to give life to them.

My idea is bring in good people and then get out of their way.

A movement only takes form from that first act. Exploring a curiosity, or a real passion, and being motivated by a desire to solve something - that's really the best way.

We did what we wanted to do, made it work, and made our own rules - and the best art we could - along the way.