Alfred P. Sloan
United States
23 May 1875 // 17 Feb 1966
Executive
23 May 1875 // 17 Feb 1966
Executive
If we had the means to review and judge the effectiveness of operations, we could safely leave the prosecution of these operations to the men in charge of them.
My Years with General Motors (1964)
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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