The need to manage oneself is creating a revolution in human affairs.

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are a means to mobilize resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.

There are companies that are good at improving what they're already doing. There are companies that are good at extending what they're doing. And finally there are companies that are good at innovation. Every large company has to be able to do all three - improve, extend, and innovate - simultaneously.

The success and ultimately the survival of every business, large or small, depends in the last analysis on its ability to develop people. This ability is not measured by any of our conventional yardsticks of economic success; yet, is the final measurement.

Promotion should not be more important than accomplishment, or avoiding instability more important than taking the right risk.

The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.

Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization. For one either meets or one works.