It is recorded of Lord Kitchener that, when during the South African Campaign a subordinate officer reported to him a failure to obey orders and gave reasons therefor, he said to him: 'Your reasons for not doing it are the best I ever heard, now go and... Men who are Making America - Page 165by Bertie Charles Forbes - 1922 - 442 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mary Griffin Webb, Edna Lenore Webb - 1914 - 642 pages
...subordinate officer reported to him a failure to obey orders and gave reasons therefor, he said to him: 'Your reasons for not doing it are the best I ever...and do it !' That is what the world demands to-day." Above all, in his relationships with his fellow men, he has the true spirit of democracy. He believes... | |
| Charles Edward Knoeppel - 1917 - 474 pages
...he had been unable to carry out an assigned task, and gave his reasons. Kitchener made this reply: "Your reasons for not doing it are the best I ever heard. Now go ahead and do it." Imagine what happens to the imagination and originality of a man who has a brain... | |
| Western Efficiency Society - 1917 - 230 pages
...one time that he had been unable to carry out an assigned task and gave his reason why. He replied : "Your reasons for not doing it are the best I ever heard. Now go ahead and do it." Imagine what happens to' the imagination and originality of a man who has a brain... | |
| Melvin Everett Haggerty - 1927 - 586 pages
...failure to obey orders and proceeded to give the reasons for his failure. K. of K. heard him through and said : "Your reasons for not doing it are the best I ever heard. Now go and do it." There is the spirit of efficiency for you. To " go and do it " — with all that that implies — is... | |
| 1913 - 2248 pages
...subordinate officer reported to him a failure to obey orders and gave reasons therefor, Jie said to him : ' Your reasons for not doing it are the best I ever heard — now go and do it !' " A " sport " growing in a potato-field in New Zealand may be the means of introducing a frost-proof... | |
| Al Bryant - 68 pages
...approached by a subordinate officer with a recital of reasons for not obeying an order, he replied, "Your reasons for not doing it are the best I ever heard; now go and do it." Our Christ speaks likewise to us. May we preserve our moral equilibrium, speed up our spiritual development,... | |
| 1913 - 616 pages
...subordinate officer reported to him a failure to obey orders and gave reasons therefor, he said to him: 'Your reasons for not doing it are the best I ever...and do it!" That is what the world demands to-day." Above all, in his relationships with his fellow men, he has the true spirit of democracy. He believes... | |
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