Herbert Newton Casson citáty
5 15Herbert Newton Casson
Datum narození: 23. září 1869
Datum úmrtí: 4. září 1951
Další jména: Herbert Casson
Herbert Newton Casson byl kanadský novinář a spisovatel.
Citáty Herbert Newton Casson
„If money is all that a man makes, then he will be poor — poor in happiness, poor in all that makes life worth living.“
Herbert N. Casson cited in: Forbes magazine (1950) The Forbes scrapbook of Thoughts on the business of life. p. 302
1950s and later
„According to Taylor, the principles of Efficiency are:
(1) Science, not rule of thumb.
(2) Harmony, not discord.
(3) Cooperation, not competition.
(4) Maximum output, not restricted output.
(5) The development of each man to his greatest efficiency and prosperity.“
Zdroj: 1910s, Ads and Sales (1911), p. 8
„There are always obstacles and competitors. There is never an open road, except the wide road that leads to failure. Every great success has always been achieved by fight. Every winner has scars. The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.“
Herbert N. Casson in: National Printer Journalist Vol 51 (1933), Nr. 7-12. p. 28; Cited in Arthur Tremain (1951) Successful Retailing: A Handbook for Store Owners and Managers p. xi
1920s-1940s
„The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.“
Herbert N. Casson cited in: Supervisory Management. Vol. 1 (1955). p. 60
1950s and later
„There is no fate that plans men's lives. Whatever comes to us, good or bad, is usually the result of our own action or lack of action.“
Herbert N. Casson cited in: Forbes magazine (1950) The Forbes scrapbook of Thoughts on the business of life. p. 218
1950s and later
„It is not size that counts in business. Some companies with $500,000 capital net more profits than other companies with $5 million. Size is a handicap unless efficiency goes with it.“
Herbert N. Casson cited in: Alfred Armand Montapert (1964) Distilled Wisdom. p. 68
1950s and later
„Scientific management consists in correct interpretation of phenomena, in exact knowledge of laws, principle and the influence of conditions upon results: and in the skilled use of methods adapted to the almost infinitely varying circumstances of individual cases
- Engineering magazine“
Zdroj: 1910s, Ads and Sales (1911), p. 2
„The average man takes life as a trouble. He is in a chronic state of irritation at the whole performance.
He does not learn to differentiate between troubles and difficulties, usually, until some real trouble bowls him over. He fusses about pin-pricks until a mule kicks him. Then he learns the difference.“
Herbert N. Casson in: Sheet Metal Workers' International Association (1928) Sheet Metal Workers Journal p. 22
1920s-1940s
„There is more power in the open hand than in the clenched fist.“
Herbert N. Casson cited in: The International Chemical Worker Vol. 13-15 (1953). p. 192
1950s and later
„In handling men, there are three feelings that a man must not possess - fear, dislike and contempt. If he is afraid of men he cannot handle them. Neither can he influence them in his favor if he dislikes or scorns them. He must neither cringe nor sneer. He must have both self-respect and respect for others.“
Herbert N. Casson cited in: Forbes magazine (1950) The Forbes scrapbook of Thoughts on the business of life. p. 158
1950s and later
„Steel can be tempered and hardened, and so can men. In this world of struggle, which was not designed for softies, a man must be harder than what hits him. Yes, he must be diamond-hard. Then he'll not be "fed up" with his little personal troubles.“
Herbert N. Casson cited in: Forbes magazine (1950) The Forbes scrapbook of Thoughts on the business of life. p. 236
1950s and later
„"Safety first" has been the motto of the human race for half a million years; but it has never been the motto of leaders. A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm.“
Herbert N. Casson in: The Office Economist (1935) Vol. 17-21. p. 145
1920s-1940s
