The fine art of executive decision consists in not deciding questions that are not now pertinent, in not deciding prematurely, in not making decision that cannot be made effective, and in not making decisions that others should make.

To try and fail is at least to learn; to fail to try is to suffer the inestimable loss of what might have been.

A formal and orderly conception of the whole is rarely present, perhaps even rarely possible, except to a few men of exceptional genius.

It is what we think we know that keeps us from learning.

Left to themselves, people will elaborate, not simplify solutions.

The responsibility of the executive is (1) to create and maintain a sense of purpose and moral code for the organization; (2) to establish systems of formal and informal communication; and (3) to ensure the willingness of people to cooperate.

In a community all acts of individuals and of organizations are directly or indirectly interconnected and interdependent