Peter Drucker Quotes

Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

If you have an idea of what you want to do in your future, you must go at it with almost monastic obsession. [...] You have to go at it single-mindedly and let nothing get in your way.

When a man gets it into his head to do something, and when he exclusively occupies himself in that design, he must succeed, whatever the difficulties. That man will become Grand Vizier or Pope.

You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.

Anything I've done that really worked happened because, either by sheer will or a lack of options, I was incredibly focused on one problem.

The bottom line is, you really have to commit to something if you're going to be successful in it.

The one mindset I have is this title - title or bust.

I had a goal in mind and a dream, and I worked as hard as I possibly could and was eventually able to make it. And I think that's because I had that focus and that drive and never thought that I was going to fail.

Constancy of purpose is the first principle of success.

To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.

The single minded ones, the monomaniacs, are the only true achievers

To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.

I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that you're trying to accomplish.

I was always fiercely determined and driven to succeed.

Ambition can take the place of everything - even sex.

Creativity is incredibly important, but drive is equally so.

You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.

Winning is a serious matter.

You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.

I was only 24 then, but 18 of those 24 years had been dedicated to wanting to get to that moment.

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

I want to be one of those moms and women that when I look back, I know that I always stayed focused.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.