lew2048 comments on Rationality Quotes March 2013 - Less Wrong

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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: 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.

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