"The fruit of your work grows on..." - Quote by Peter Drucker
The fruit of your work grows on other people's trees
More by Peter Drucker
“One does not "manage" people. The task is to lead people.”
“Every few hundred years in Western history there occurs a sharp transformation. Within a few short decades, society - its worldview, its basic values, its social and political structures, its art, its key institutions - rearranges itself. We are currently living through such a time.”
“In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.”
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“Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.”
“Life is girt all round with a zodiac of sciences, the contributions of men who have perished to add their point of light to our sky. ... These road-makers on every hand enrich us. We must extend the area of life and multiply our relations. We are as much gainers by finding a property in the old earth as by acquiring a new planet.”
“Every nail driven should be as another rivet in the machine of the universe, you carrying on the work.”
More on Impact
“He that writeth in blood and proverbs doth not want to be read, but learnt by heart.”
“The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it to a nationwide communications network. We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people - as remarkable as the telephone.”
“Money is a very important tool to make a big difference in people's life. It is positive or negative depending on the values.”