Peter Drucker Quotes

Too many leaders act as if the sheep... their people... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.

I should estimate that in my experience most troubles and most possibilities for improvement add up to the proportions something like this: 94% belongs to the system responsibility of management 6% special

In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have to be present and accountable n the presence of God. I do not wish to be found wanting.

You can't lead without taking risk.

A hole in the ice is dangerous only to those who go skating.

The economic freedom which is the prerequisite of any other freedom cannot be the freedom from economic care which the socialist promise us, and which can be obtained only by relieving the individual at the same time of the necessity and of the power of choice: it must be the freedom of economic activity which, with the right of choice, inevitably also carries the risk and the responsibility of that right

There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation.

People can live tremendously rich, blissful, ecstatic lives. But the first thing is, we have to accept our responsibility.

It is the first duty of every man not to be poor.

Marriage is not merely sharing the fettucini, but sharing the burden of finding the fettucini restaurant in the first place.

Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank.

A serious life means being fully aware of the alternatives, thinking about them with all the intensity one brings to bear on life-and-death questions, in full recognition that every choice is a great risk with necessary consequences that are hard to bear.

The first rule of survival is clear: Nothing is more dangerous than yesterday's success.

Every time a horse let you up onto its back, it’s giving you its life. Every time.

Magic gives you a lot of choices," Grandad says. "Most of them are bad.

Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.

There are certain things for which civilization has no answer. But if you choose to meddle thus, then you must be prepared to facethe consequences, whatever they are.

What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people.

Whenever you do anything or say anything, you're opening yourself up to criticism. But that's okay.

I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act.

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.

Fret not where the road will take you. Instead concentrate on the first step. That's the hardest part and that's what you are responsible for. Once you take that step let everything do what it naturally does and the rest will follow. Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.

Leadership starts with understanding responsibility, not ability. Leadership is a Stewardship, not a show.