Sometimes Quote by John Henry Patterson

An executive is one who makes an immediate decision and is sometimes right

— Elbert Hubbard

Executive: a man who makes quick decisions and is sometimes right.

— Kin Hubbard

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to do, and self-restraint enough…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep…

— Theodore Roosevelt

EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the…

— Ambrose Bierce

A successful executive is one that solves bigger problems than he/she creates.

— David Allen

A good executive is one who makes people contentedly settle for less than they meant to get, in return for more than they meant…

— Mignon McLaughlin

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Decision making is the specific executive task.

— Peter Drucker

My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

— James Cash Penney

Executives do many things in addition to making decisions. But only executives make decisions. The first managerial skill is, therefore, the making of effective…

— Peter Drucker

A decision is the action an executive must take when he has information so incomplete that the answer does not suggest itself

— Arthur William Radford