“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.”
Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor
“The purpose of an organization is to enable common men to do uncommon things.”
Source: 1960s - 1980s, MANAGEMENT: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973), Part 2, p. 455
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