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Management is the art of getting things done through people.
Mary Parker Follett
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Mary Parker Follett
Age: 65 †
Born: 1868
Born: September 3
Died: 1933
Died: December 18
Businessperson
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Political Scientist
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Quincy
Massachusetts
Mary Parker
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We should never allow ourselves to be bullied by an either-or. There is often the possibility of something better than either of these two alternatives.
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Fear of difference is fear of life itself.
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While leadership depends on depth of conviction and the power coming therefrom, there must also be the ability to share that conviction with others.
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I am convinced that any feeling of exaltation because we have people under us should be conquered, for I am sure that if we enjoy being over people, there will be something in our manner which will make them dislike being under us.
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The state accumulates moral power only through the spiritual activity of their citizens.
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The foreman today does not merely deal with trouble, he forestalls trouble. In fact, we don't think much of a foreman who is always dealing with trouble we feel that if he is doing his job properly, there won't be so much trouble.
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In crowds we have unison, in groups harmony. We want the single voice but not the single note that is the secret of the group.
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Law should seek far more than mere reconciliation it should be one of the great creative forces of our social life.
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It is possible to conceive conflict as not necessarily a wasteful outbreak of incompatibilities, but a normal process by which socially valuable differences register themselves for the enrichment of all concerned.
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