Peter Drucker Quotes

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

Although it sounds cliche, the main thing I want to do is touch people with what I do. I want everything I do to be meaningful, and I want it to be about more than just myself, or the money.

I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

When all is said and done, I want to die exhausted and empty because I gave everything that was in me. I believe that's why we're all here: to give of ourselves to one another to help create a better world, because you can't take it with you.

When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.

My goal in life is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared

If you devote yourself to more than yourself ... you will have more than yourself to show for yourself.

The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"

There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well.

Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That's my punch list everyday.

The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves. The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others.

We live not to ourselves, our work is life.

All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.

I grew up in the church, and so I feel that God gave me certain things to do, and I'm lucky enough to kind of have figured those things out. I just don't want to die not having tried to help somebody else with what I know.

If you want to experience joy in your life, you have to be able to step outside yourself and become part of a cause that is much larger than you; one that brings a greater good to a greater community.

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?

We all get lost along the way, but hopefully we figure out some sort of path. It helps if you can imagine the process as well as the goal. Those kinds of dreams are easier to achieve.

If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.

I believe I am doing the work for humanity. This show is so uplifting.

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.