“If you have too many problems, maybe you should get out of business. There is no law that says a company must last forever.”

“You must accept that if the computer is a tool, it is the job of tool user to know what to use it for.”

“The manager is a servant. His master is the institution he manages and his first responsibility must therefore be to it.”

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

“Progress is obtained only by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. When you solve problems, all you do is guarantee a return to normalcy.”

“If you don't have daily objectives, you qualify as a dreamer.”

“The basic definition of the business and of its purpose and mission have to be translated into objectives.”

“Objectives are not commands; they are commitments.”

“My grief lies onward, and my joy behind.”

“O! that a man might know The end of this day's business, ere it come; But it sufficeth that the day will end, And then the end is known.”

“The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.”

“Dream in light years, challenge miles, walk step by step”

“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”

“Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.”

“When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model; And when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the erection.”

“Determine on some course more than a wild exposure to each chance.”

“We say the cows laid out Boston. Well, there are worse surveyors.”

“But when the fox hath once got in his nose, He'll soon find means to make the body follow.”

“I have trod a measure, I have flattered a lady, I havebeen politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy.”

“My brain more busy than the labouring spider Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies.”