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Comment author: Stabilizer 02 March 2013 12:54:40AM 40 points [-]

You know something is important when you're willing to let someone else take the credit if that's what it takes to get it done.

-Seth Godin

Comment author: simplicio 04 March 2013 11:36:56PM 12 points [-]

A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, "We did this ourselves."

Tao Te Ching

Comment author: lew2048 04 March 2013 02:48:49AM 6 points [-]

Harry S. Truman “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” ― Harry S. Truman tags: accomplishment, achievement, inspirational, misattributed, modesty, recognition 235 people liked it like

Ronald Reagan “There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.” ― Ronald Reagan

Comment author: Pfft 04 March 2013 05:29:37PM *  8 points [-]

Cute. :) And someone on Wikiquotes traces it back to

"The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit." --Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893)

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 05 March 2013 01:35:29AM 29 points [-]

Somehow it seems appropriate that it's hard to track down the originator of this idea.

Comment author: Neotenic 04 March 2013 02:45:01AM 3 points [-]

Could we use "threshold for letting someone else take credit" as a signal for altruism?

Comment author: ModusPonies 04 March 2013 07:12:50PM 5 points [-]

Seems difficult. The people sending this signal are necessarily sending it really quietly. I guess it could be a good way to evaluate someone you know well. It wouldn't work to pick an altruist out of a crowd if you're, say, looking at job applicants.

Comment author: foolishcriminalirony 04 March 2013 10:59:30PM *  1 point [-]

You are always only either the person that gets the credit or the one that makes it possible

...or something to that effect from someone in Rise and Fall of the Third Reich on the scope and possibilities of national politics. Can't find the quote atm.

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