Military July 09, 2019

Military.com: H. Ross Perot, Billionaire Navy Vet and Honorary Marine, Green Beret, Dies at 89. More ->
 
 
Henry Ross Perot (/pəˈroʊ/; June 27, 1930 – July 9, 2019) was an American business magnate, billionaire, philanthropist, and politician. He was the founder and former chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. He ran an independent presidential campaign in 1992 and a third-party campaign in 1996, establishing the Reform Party in the latter election. Both campaigns were among the strongest presidential showings by a third party or independent candidate in U.S. history.

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H. Ross Perot Quotes:
If you see a snake, just kill it – don’t appoint a committee on snakes.

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

Eagles don’t flock, you have to find them one at a time.

Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You’d be amazed how many companies don’t listen to their customers.

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

Most new jobs won’t come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We’ve got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality.

Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.

If you can’t stand a little sacrifice and you can’t stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we’re never going to straighten this country out.

If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?
 
 
 
 
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