Tom Peters Quotes

Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.

Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it.

The world is in your hands, now use it.

For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

You can change the world, but if no one's listening, it doesn't matter.

Not many of us will be leaders; and even those who are leaders must also be followers much of the time. This is the crucial role. Followers judge leaders. Only if the leaders pass that test do they have any impact. The potential followers, if their judgment is poor, have judged themselves. If the leader takes his or her followers to the goal, to great achievements, it is because the followers were capable of that kind of response.

Focus on the impact you make versus the title you have.

So if people will pay attention to what I say because of our success as a group, I am going to use that.

I guess I'm flattered that people think I can help get things done.

Don't accept that you can't make a difference. Because if you can't make a difference, you won't make a difference, and if you put a multiplier on that we will continue on an unsustainable pathway.

I think that everyone has the power to make a change in the world.

I've always had a philosophy that position doesn't define power. Impact defines power. What impact are you making on people? What impact are you making on business?

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

Power is the ability to get things done.

If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you're decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.

The thing that always strikes me is how much power one person has. Everybody has so much power to help and to change if they just exercise it and get after it.

To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world - that I am able to change it in positive ways.

I was brought up in a family of leaders, and I think leadership is a life sentence. I like changing things that will shape the future.

I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me.

I’d rather make history than write it.

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print; the main thing is still to make history, not to write it.

Ideas do not count for much unless they change the lives of men.

You cannot effectuate change if you do not have power.

It's deeds we need, not words.