John Harvey-Jones
England
16 Apr 1924 // 9 Jan 2008
Businessman
16 Apr 1924 // 9 Jan 2008
Businessman
I've spent 30 years going round factories. When you know something's wrong, nine times out of ten it's the management, people aren't being led right. And bad leaders invariably blame the people.
Interview, Daily Telegraph (London) (1990)
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays