Ralph J. Cordiner Quotes

• When it's over it should be over. When a man is no longer at risk, he loses touch. I think these fellows who think they have some long-term right to dignity and salary and expense accounts and company planes are all wrong. On December 21, 1963 I walked out of there and said that's it: no office, no secretaries. Nothing.

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  Ralph J. Cordiner

  Men   Thinking   Long  

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• Nobody can do it for you.

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  Ralph J. Cordiner

  Inspirational   Motivational   Responsibility  

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• We need from every man who aspires to leadership-for himself and his company-a determination to undertake a personal program of self-development. Nobody is going to order a man to develop .... Whether a man lags behind or moves ahead in his specialty is a matter of his own personal application. This is something which takes time, work, and sacrifice. Nobody can do it for you.

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  Ralph J. Cordiner

  Determination   Moving   Sacrifice  

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