222 Quotes by Laurence J. Peter

In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties.

If the outcome is good, what’s the difference between motives that sound good and good, sound motives?

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.

Only mediocrities rise to the top in a system that won’t tolerate wave making.

You don’t need to take a persons advice to make him feel good, just ask him for it.

Don’t knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?

If you can’t keep up, drag them down to your level.

Many a man, under the old and the new systems, has made the upward step from candidate to legislator, only to achieve his level of incompetence.

There are two sorts of losers – the good loser, and the one who can’t act.