Learned Hand Quotes

I don't think there's anything wrong with being paternalistic as a company.

People always get confused. They talk about coaches. The reality is, these coaches and managers that everybody thinks are in so much control, they work for us. They're our employees.

Too many leaders act as if the sheep... their people... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.

I think that people need to stand up with their backbone and not go to places where they feel like the workers aren't taken care of.

Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.

Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.

Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty.

Every cause that ever I fought, I fought it full without regret or shame.

Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any 'if' or 'but'.

I have come to think that great men are characterized precisely by the extreme position which they take, and that their heroism consists in holding to that extremity throughout their lives.

When you once get an idea in which you believe with all your heart, work it out.

Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.

You will only sacrifice when you passionately believe in the outcome.

It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.

Being stubborn is a virtue when you're right; it's only a character flaw when you're wrong.

I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is to be done, and does it.

It's time to sleep your way to the top.

Strong reasons make strong actions.

If? The word is when.

Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if, after all, we shall fail, be it so: we still shall have the proud consolation of saying to our consciences, and to the departed shade of our country's freedom, that the cause approved of our judgment and adored of our hearts, in disaster, in chains, in torture, in death, we never faltered in defending.

If you believe that there's a being superior to yourself and that will guide you, strengthen you that helps a lot but, you know, you just have to stay the course. You just got to stay in there. You cannot be waffling or taking a poll to see what people think. You have to do what you think is right.

Workers should have a right to sit across from management to collectively bargain about their work conditions, their wages, and the future direction of the company. To me, that's just a humane thing to do. It is unacceptable in the 21st century to have companies not want to do that with their employees and create a great work environment.

Faith believes in spite of the circumstances and acts in spite of the consequences.

We know what we believe and we'll come back and win or not if we sit back.

The message is always going to get through. Me being able to speak is a message in itself.