adapted from TP's best quotes presentations

1. A Passion for
Passion:
The Motivational Speech
Tom Peters/12June04

2. “Uncertainty is the only
thing to be sure of.” —Anthony
Muh,
head of investment in Asia, Citigroup Asset Management
“If you don’t like
change, you’re going to
like irrelevance even
less.” —General Eric Shinseki, Chief of Staff,
U. S. Army

3. Forget>“Learn”
“The problem is never how
to get new, innovative
thoughts into your mind,
but how to get the old
ones out.”
Dee Hock

4. “I’m not
comfortable unless
I’m
uncomfortable.”
—Jay Chiat

5. “If things seem
under control,
you’re just not
going
fast enough.”
Mario Andretti

6. “We have a
‘strategic’
plan. It’s
called doing
things.” — Herb Kelleher

7. “Reward
excellent
failures. Punish
mediocre successes.”
Phil Daniels, Sydney exec (and, de facto, Jack)

8. “Ninety percent of what
we call ‘management’
consists of making it
difficult for people to get
things done.” – P.D.

9. “I start with the
premise that the
function of
leadership is to
produce more
leaders, not more
followers.”—Ralph Nader

10. “Leaders don’t
‘want to’ win.
Leaders ‘need
to’ win.”
#49

11. “It is no use saying
‘We are doing our
best.’ You have got
to succeed in doing
what is necessary.”
—WSC

12. “There is no job
that is America’s
God-given right
anymore.” —Carly Fiorina/ HP/
01.08.2004

13. “Nobody gives you
power. You just
take it.”—Roseanne

14. “Clients want
either the best
or the least
expensive; there
is no in
between.” —John Dijulius, Secret

15. “The deepest human
need is the need to
be appreciated.”
William James

16. “The two most powerful things
in existence: a kind
word and a
thoughtful
gesture.”
Ken Langone, CEO, Invemed Associates [from Ronna
Lichtenberg, It’s Not Business, It’s Personal]

17. “We look for ...
“... listening, caring,
smiling, saying ‘Thank
you,’ being warm.”
— Colleen Barrett, President, Southwest Airlines

18. “You must be
the change you
wish to see in the
world.”
Gandhi

19. “Life is not a journey to the
grave with the intention of
arriving safely in a pretty and
well-preserved body—but rather
a skid in broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally worn out, and
loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow, what
a ride!’ ” —anon.