“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

“The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.”

“Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.”

“The purpose of a business is to create a customer.”

“Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.”

“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.”

“The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.”

“Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'”

“The computer is a moron.”

“When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.”

“Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.”

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.”

“Management is doing things right leadership is doing the right things.”

“People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.”

“No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.”

“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.”

“So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.”

“Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.”

“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”