Famous Quotes

"Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House."

Donald Rumsfeld on Best

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• "Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."

  John Wooden on Best

• "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."

  Thomas Jefferson on Best

• "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."

  Theodore Roosevelt on Best

• "To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting."

  e. e. cummings on Best

• "In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher."

  Dalai Lama on Best

More quotes by Donald Rumsfeld

• "Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals."

• "Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help."

• "Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war."

• "Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position."

• "Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help."