Boss' Day Quotes 2017: 14 Sayings For The National Day

Oct. 16 is celebrated as National Boss' Day. The unofficial holiday is celebrated so that employees can show appreciation to their bosses.

National Boss' Day was registered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1958 by Patricia Bays Haroski who was then an employee of State Farm Insurance Company in Deerfield, Illinois. She elected Oct. 16 as it was her father’s birthday. She started the day to express gratitude towards her boss. She also hoped that the day would help to improve employee-supervisor relationships.

For those of you who were not aware of the day or forgot about it and didn’t have enough time to buy a card, some fun quotes and sayings have been provided so that you can let your boss know just how much you appreciate them.

Here are 14 sayings and greetings that can be shared via text, email or on social media, courtesy Wise Old Sayings, Brainy Quotes, and The Epoch Times.

1) "The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants to be done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it." – Theodore Roosevelt

2) "The speed of the boss is the speed of the team." - Lee Iacocca

3) "By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be the boss and work twelve hours a day.” — Robert Frost

4) "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

5) "People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives." — Theodore Roosevelt

6) "The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows why will always be his boss." — Alanis Morissette

7) "The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided." — Casey Stengel

8) "On average, spending time with your boss is consistently rated as the least pleasurable activity in a given day." — Tom Rath

9) "Whenever the boss has 'fun' activities, there's got to be a parable or a lesson. Employees feel like they're supposed to be taking notes." — Greg Daniels

10) "What the world needs is an Emergency Boss. An Emergency Czar. An Emergency Commander. A true Master Of Disaster. One person completely responsible for the anticipation, immediate reconnaissance, and urgent execution of rescue and relief efforts around the world." — Steven Van Zand

11) "Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems." — Donald Rumsfeld

12) "Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers." — Robin Sharma

13) "A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit." - Arnold H. Glasow

14) "A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." – John C. Maxwell