Peter Drucker Quotes

A superior who works on his own development sets an almost irresistible example.

Peter Drucker

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• When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • Women
  • Love
  • Job

• They're not poodles, they're art.

  

  Rachael Leigh
  • Art

• Holding our own government to account for the use of its power is, in my view, the highest mission of a U.S. news organization.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Power
  • Government
  • Organization

• I can't run on treadmills; they drive me nuts.

  

  Tate Donovan
  • Me
  • Run
  • Drive

• I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one's humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Believe
  • Children
  • Nature

• I don't take myself seriously in the slightest, so it does amaze me that I've ended up being in all these very dark, sinister plays. But I love it because, touch wood, I'm lucky enough not to have that level of darkness in my life.

  

  Jack Lowden
  • Life
  • Lucky
  • Take

• My French is still good. That's a beautiful language and I'm happy to speak it.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Good
  • Happy
  • Beautiful

• Nobody has milked one performance better than me – and I'm damned proud of it.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Proud
  • Better
  • Performance

• What we know is smartphones are everywhere and they are rich in data. What we know is that there are apps once downloaded by the consumer that will also in turn download the consumers' contact book. Most consumers don't want that to happen and don't know it's happening.

  

  Kamala Harris
  • Book
  • Rich
  • Data

• Too little is it considered, while we gaze on aristocratic beauty, how much good food, soft lying, warm wrapping, ease of mind, have to do with the attractions which command our admiration.

  

  Samuel Lover
  • Good
  • Mind
  • Food

• At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.

  

  Carl Lewis
  • Day
  • End
  • Professional

• The wise are above books.

  

  Samuel Daniel
  • Wise
  • Books
  • Above

• It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.

  

  Ovid
  • Man
  • Poor
  • Poor Man

• The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. ... Freedom and slavery are mental states. Therefore, the first thing to say to yourself: 'I shall no longer accept the role of a slave. I shall not obey orders as such but shall disobey them when they are in conflict with my conscience'.'

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Freedom
  • Fall
  • Slavery

• I'm planning, you see, to try to confine myself to the truth. That's hard for an old, inveterate fantasy martyr and illegible liar who has never hesitated to give truth the form he felt the occasion demanded.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Truth
  • Planning
  • Liar

• God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • World
  • God

• There is a debate to be had about aid, but Moyo’s book, sadly, does not advance it. Dead Aid is poorly researched, badly argued, mendacious in its use of evidence, and pedestrian in its suggestions for alternatives.

  

  Dambisa Moyo
  • Book

• Noble be man, Helpful and good! For that alone Sets hims apart From every other creature On earth.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Good
  • Earth
  • Alone

• Sometimes when I'm stuck, I really do need that cup of tea, or that chocolate, or a break, or a walk, but in most cases what I actually need to do is make myself keep writing until it flows again.

  

  Liane Moriarty
  • Writing
  • Tea
  • Chocolate

• I'm very lucky that people are able to say, 'Oh, that's that Moody Blues guy!' I'm very fortunate with that. That's all. Without the songs, I think, I'd just be a pretty average karaoke singer. In the end, it comes down to the songs: the strength of the songs.

  

  Justin Hayward The Moody Blues
  • People
  • Guy
  • Pretty

• August depresses me a little. I don't even feel like eating. And when I don't eat, that's a sure sign of stagnation.

  

  Willard Scott
  • Eating
  • Depressing
  • Stagnation

• You have to trust the people who work with you and hire, but also listen to as many smart people as you can.

  

  George Stroumboulopoulos
  • People
  • Trust
  • Listen

• I guess what was going to come back came back on Monday. Of course now I've played a different golf course. I've played two practice rounds and two tournament rounds all kind of the same and now today I've played a different golf course.

  

  Raymond Floyd
  • Different
  • Practice
  • Going

• A superior who works on his own development sets an almost irresistible example.

  

  Peter Drucker