Quotes of Managing - somelinesforyou

“ Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it. ”

- Lao tzu

“ My feeling is that when you're managing a baseball team, you have to pick the right people to play and then pray a lot. ”

- Robin Roberts

“ There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state. ”

- Michel de Montaigne

“ In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game. ”

- John McGraw

“ Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said a definite no thank you. At night, that place is a graveyard with lights. ”

- Whitey Herzog

“ I'm managing a physical situation. It taught me great discipline and an awareness of what I can expect from myself. ”

- Michael J. Fox

“ Well, it's a nice quiet time for Iron Maiden, and I'll be releasing a new solo album next year, so this is a really good time for the managing out my solo career, which is quite well. ”

- Bruce Dickinson

“ Every citizen who stops smoking, or loses a few pounds, or starts managing his chronic disease with real diligence, is caulking a crack for the benefit of us all. ”

- Mitch Daniels

“ I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about. ”

- Henry Ford

“ I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hands. If you hold it too tightly, you crush it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it. ”

- Tommy Lasorda

“ You cannot address the challenges of tomorrow with yesterday's solutions. Take charge of the future by making change your ally. Instead of struggling to just survive you'll be busy managing success. ”

- Denis Waitley

“ Our way of managing and leading, rewarding and judging people is totally out of tune with the fact that we are all individuals. ”

- adapted from Howard Gartner

“ Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away. ”

- Tommy Lasorda

“ Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits. ”

- Casey Stengel

“ Managing directors are not paid to be busy, they are paid to think. ”

- Kenneth Cork

“ If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself. Do that well and you'll be ready to stop managing. And start leading. ”

- Unknown

“ Apparently, the most difficult feat for a Cambridge male is to accept a woman not merely as feeling, not merely as thinking, but as managing a complex, vital interweaving of both. ”

- Sylvia Plath

“ I think in national security, the war in Iraq is troublesome and a difficult challenge, but our troops and the military leaders we have are managing that situation, although it continues to be very risky and very dangerous. ”

- Thad Cochran

“ Whether you are concerned about managing your work or your personal life or your leisure, success and satisfaction will depend on your inner thoughts. Your inner thoughts will help to determine your outer life… and your inner life will affect how you react to your experiences… ”

- Gillian Butler and Tony Hope

“ Autonomic computing will enable all those computers to become self-managing and self-healing. The combined result will be that companies will be able to e-source much of their computing to a Grid computing environment or build a Grid computing environment of their own. ”

- John Patrick

“ I was a lifelong fan and a student of the wrestling business. When I got the call to come over as a consultant for that, to help with the production of a regular TV show, I was floored. It was a dream come true, like managing a football team would be for some people or whatever. ”

- Bob Mould

“ Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries. ”

- Al Lopez

“ I'm not an education expert, and frankly I don't want to make education decisions for our state. But I am experienced at successfully managing organizations, and putting people on a path where they can succeed. ”

- Linda Lingle

“ So I was in my car, and I was driving along, and my boss rang up and he said 'You've been promoted.' And I swerved. And then he rang up a second time and said You've been promoted again. And I swerved again. He rang up a third time and said 'You're managing director… ”

- Tommy Cooper

“ Today's newest breed of employee is the self-manager. These workers are the ones who survived the recent waves of downsizing, both by seeking and capitalizing on new opportunities and by learning new skills. Because these employees increasingly possess the skills and technological tools to supervise themselves - individually or in teams - they are eliminating the need for layers of management… ”

- John Cahllenger
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