Peter Drucker Quotes

If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

You have to know where you were going in order to get there.

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

Direction, not intention determines your destination.

The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course.

The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound.

Once we agree on the future, the present will be much easier. A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there. We have first to decide where we want to go, where we want to sail.

There are no signposts in the sea.

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.

We're all pilgrims on the same journey - but some pilgrims have better road maps.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

I believe in the saying, 'If you aim at nothing, you're going to hit nothing.' So if you don't set goals, then you have nowhere to go.

No wind makes for him that hath no intended port to sail into.

I have an incredible compass. You can put me back in a country I haven't been in 20 years and say, 'Get me from point A to point B,' and I'll take you there.

I think it helps if you have a clear vision of what you want.

A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.

The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.

The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.

Without a goal [maneuvering is] aimless. You might be a master tactician, but you'll have no sense of strategy.

Leader. Ship. The word 'ship' is hidden inside the word 'leadership,' as its... derivation.

Coaches need to have a vision.

You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have

The great majority of people are “wandering generalities” rather than “meaningful specifics”. The fact is that you can't bit a target that you can't see. If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. You have to have goals.