The Welfare State, which begun in Imperial Germany for the truly indigent and disabled, has now become "everybody's entitlement" and an increasing burden on those who produce.

One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to commit themselves to action. Most people are not satisfied with giving money; we also feel we need to work.

The only things that evolve by themselves in an organization are disorder, friction and malperformance.

"The area in which the executive first encounters the challenge of strength is in staffing. The effective executive fills positions and promotes on the basis of what a man can do. He does not make staffing decisions to minimize weaknesses but to maximize strength."

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

Charisma becomes the undoing of leaders. It makes them inflexible, convinced of their own infallibility, unable to change

It is commonly believed that innovations create changes - but few ever do. Successful innovations exploit changes that have already happened.