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Quote by Charles Kettering
The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to

The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work. – Charles Kettering

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People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people. – Charles Kettering

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We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world. – Charles Kettering

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I object to people running down the future. I am going to live all the rest of my life there. – Charles Kettering

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Leaders arent born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And thats the price well have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal. – Vince Lombardi

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If a task has once begun.
Never leave it till its done.
Be the labor great or small.
Do it well or not at all. – Anon.

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I work very hard, but when God opens that door for you – when life opens that door for you, I should say – I think its important to be giving, to return the love back. – Lady Gaga

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