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

• Scepticism is not irrefutable, but obviously nonsensical, when it tries to raise doubts where no questions can be asked. For doubt can exist only where a question exists, a question only where an answer exists, and an answer only where something can be said. (6.51)

  

  Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Question
  • Doubt

• It's true that eviction affects the young and the old, the sick and the able-bodied. It affects white folks and black folks and Hispanic folks and immigrants. If you spend time in housing court, you see a really diverse array of folks there.

  

  Matthew Desmond
  • Time
  • True
  • Black

• I always believed in being different and I think that's what's kept me... I won’t say ahead of everyone else, but at least different from everyone else.

  

  Paul Hardcastle
  • Different
  • Being
  • Everyone

• Peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Work
  • Heart
  • Peace

• I was born in Sarnia, Ontario; a small town, it's where oil was pretty much discovered in North America.

  

  Chris Hadfield
  • America
  • Pretty
  • Small

• I think the love between a child and parent is wonderful. You know, Mei... I haven't seen my mother for over two years. I used to live with her... but now I live with my father. I used to be sad and wonder why it happened... but parents have a lot of things they have to deal with too. I saw how they were suffering... and I know they both love me a lot. You can't let loneliness harden your heart. Mei, you know... Misuzu loves you, don't you?

  

  Bisco Hatori
  • Father
  • Suffering
  • Wonder

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

  

  Peter Drucker