532 Quotes by Peter F. Drucker

There is a point at which a transformation has to take place.

We can say with certainty – or 90% probability – that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information.

Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

And no matter how serious an environmental problem the automobile poses in today’s big city, the horse was dirtier, smelled worse, killed and maimed more people, and congested the streets just as much.

What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?

If “socialism” is defined as “ownership of the means of production” – and this is both the orthodox and the only rigorous definition – then the United States is the first truly Socialist country.

Do what you do best, and outsource the rest.

An employer has no business with a man’s personality. The task is not to change personality, but to enable a person to achieve and to perform.

What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it is another matter.