Boss’s Day Quotes and Sayings To Share On October 16th

October 16th is Boss’s Day. The origin of Bosses Day dates back to 1958. Patricia Bays Haroski, an employee at State Farm Insurance Company in Illinois, registered it with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Haroski chose the date because it was her father’s birthday. Who was her boss? ….her father.

Here are a few Boss’s Day quotes and sayings:

“Asking ‘who ought to be the boss’ is like asking ‘who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?’ Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.”
– Henry Ford

“By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.”
– Robert Frost

“The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.”
– Anonymous

“If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter.”
– John Gotti

“A good manager is a man who isn’t worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him.”
– H. S. M. Burns

“The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.”
– Elting E. Morison

“The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.”
– Casey Stengel

“Management by objective works – if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don’t.”
– Peter Drucker

“Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.”
– Donald Rumsfeld

“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”
– Sam Walton

“Show me a man who is a good loser and I’ll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss.”
– Jim Murray

“If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.”
– Cannon’s Law

“The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind.”
Gen. Joe Stillwell

“So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.”
– Peter Drucker

“The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.”
– Robert Heller

“Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.”
– Dr. Lawrence Peter

“I’ve been promoted to middle management. I never thought I’d sink so low.”
– Tim Gould

“The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate you away from those who are still undecided.”
– Casey Stengal

“The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.”
– Gabriel Heatter

“There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.”
– Peter Drucker

“To make a long story short, there’s nothing like having a boss walk in.”
– Doris Lilly

“Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.”
– Kin Hubbard