Sam Rayburn

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#cannot #follow #how #know #leader

A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#damn #hog #ice #independent

A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#build #carpenter #down #jackass #kick

If you want to get along, go along. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#get #go #want #you

You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#get #mixed #never #never forget #remember

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#barn #build #carpenter #down #good

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#circumstances #extraordinary #extraordinary circumstances #good #good action

I like power and I like to use it. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#like #power #use

If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#common sense #man #sense

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#finer #his #keeps #language #mouth