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  • Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives. -- W. Edwards Deming
  • Objectives are not commands; they are commitments. -- Peter Drucker
  • Objectives are only words written on paper without passion and desire -- W. T. Albright
  • Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are a means to mobilize resources and energies of the business for the making of the future. -- Peter Drucker
  • Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't. -- Peter Drucker
  • Successful diplomacy is an alignment of objectives and means. -- Dennis Ross
  • Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles. -- Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives. -- Russel Honore
  • When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear. -- Clive Owen
  • Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources. -- Russel Honore
  • Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals. -- Chip Conley
  • It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives. -- Robert McNamara
  • Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood. -- Walt Disney
  • The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former. -- Alfred A. Montapert
  • You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't get failures, you're not pushing hard enough on the objectives. -- John Poindexter
  • Try to always stay focused on the objectives that are possible and the positive - and on having fun outside of the stuff that's going on in Washington. -- Rush Limbaugh
  • Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them. -- Jose Marti
  • At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. -- Gerry Adams
  • I emphasize to C.E.O.s, you have to have a story in the minds of the employees. It's hard to memorize objectives, but it's easy to remember a story. -- Ben Horowitz
  • All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. It's called competition. And competition is antagonism. -- Edward Bond
  • A constructive approach to diplomacy doesn't mean relinquishing one's rights. It means engaging with one's counterparts, on the basis of equal footing and mutual respect, to address shared concerns and achieve shared objectives. -- Hassan Rouhani
  • Never give up, and be confident in what you do. There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined to achieve your objectives and to win against all the odds. -- Marta
  • Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it. -- John Lennon
  • We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. -- Barack Obama
  • Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem. -- Malcolm X
  • I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives. -- Stephen Harper
  • Never underestimate the ability of political leaders to misread history on a monumental scale. The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have both served to hasten western decline: they have both failed to achieve their objectives and in the process demonstrated an underlying western impotence. -- Martin Jacques
  • Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive. -- Donald Rumsfeld
  • Computer hacking really results in financial losses and hassles. The objectives of terrorist groups are more serious. That is not to say that cyber groups can't access a telephone switch in Manhattan on a day like 9/11, shut it down, and therefore cause more casualties. -- Kevin Mitnick
  • Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives. -- Alfred North Whitehead
  • Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations. -- Abdolkarim Soroush
  • Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives -- John Lennon
  • Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts. -- Walt Kelly
  • Goals are new, forward-moving objectives. They magnetize you towards them. -- Mark Victor Hansen
  • If you don't have daily objectives, you qualify as a dreamer. -- Zig Ziglar
  • One of my objectives is learning more than is absolutely necessary. -- Jules Verne
  • Privacy laws are our biggest impediment to us obtaining our objectives. -- Michael Eisner
  • People who accomplish great things work toward their objectives every day. -- Zig Ziglar
  • If you get the objectives right, a lieutenant can write the strategy. -- George C. Marshall
  • Leadership is working with goals and vision management is working with objectives. -- Russel Honore
  • Our daily objectives should include an honest effort to improve on yesterday. -- Zig Ziglar
  • The nuclear weapons were not useful for the achievement of political objectives. -- Henry A. Kissinger
  • Humility is the doorway 2 truth & clarity of objectives... it's the doorway 2 learning. -- Wynton Marsalis
  • Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives. -- Jack Ma
  • To debate political objectives, views, and goals is the most American thing conceivable. -- Lou Reed
  • Revolutionary in my ideas, liberal in my objectives and conservative in my methods. -- Luis A. Ferre
  • One of the objectives of opening play is to try to surprise your opponent. -- Edmar Mednis
  • Formation of Network of people for common purpose leads to Society with common objectives. -- Santosh Kalwar
  • Success doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives. -- Ed Bliss
  • In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin. -- Ben Horowitz
  • Government interference with the economic process represents a substitution of political for consumer objectives. -- Sheldon Richman
  • You perform at your best when you are working continually on high-priority goals and objectives. -- Brian Tracy
  • Economic engineering is about the design and analysis of frameworks for achieving specific economic objectives. -- Ben Bernanke
  • There are three objectives for content marketing: reach engagement conversion. Define key metrics for each. -- Michael Brenner
  • We have got to keep the momentum going in order to achieve all of our objectives. -- Bill Vaughan
  • Success is measured simply by the amount of effort we put forth, in conquering our objectives. -- Robert M. Hensel
  • Communism teaches and seeks two objectives: unrelenting class warfare and the complete eradication of private ownership. -- Pope Pius XI
  • Institutions mistake good intentions for objectives. They say "health care"; that's an intention, not an objective. -- Peter Drucker
  • Strategy is the articulation of the overall objectives along with general guidelines on achieving those objectives. -- Leonard Saffir
  • Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives. -- Gerry Adams
  • Once government's objectives were economic growth and social cohesion. Now they are prosperity, fairness and environmental care -- Gordon Brown
  • We all enjoy pushing ourselves to accomplish our objectives. But we don't need stress to get there. -- Andrew Bernstein
  • One of my major objectives is to build a long-term enterprise, to build shareholder value over time. -- N. Robert Hammer
  • The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives. -- Hamid Karzai
  • Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature. -- Omar Bongo
  • Focus all your attention and energy on the achievement of the objectives you are involved with right now. -- Denis Waitley
  • You too can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aim and destination. -- W. Clement Stone
  • Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results. -- Mark Victor Hansen
  • In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives. -- Ludwig van Beethoven
  • One of our top objectives is to find and destroy the WMD. There are a number of sites. -- Victoria Clark
  • The basic definition of the business and of its purpose and mission have to be translated into objectives. -- Peter Drucker
  • Partisans fight on familiar territory with professed political objectives to conquer power. This is what distinguishes them from terrorists -- Jurgen Habermas
  • It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life's opportunities, and to reach your objectives. -- Zig Ziglar
  • Partisans fight on familiar territory with professed political objectives to conquer power. This is what distinguishes them from terrorists. -- Jurgen Habermas
  • Vigorous societies harbor a certain extravagance of objectives, so that men wander beyond the safe provision of personal gratifications. -- Alfred North Whitehead
  • People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life. -- Zhang Yimou
  • True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience. -- J. Oswald Sanders
  • When you've got a solid commitment and solid objectives, you've got a much better chance of reaching your goal. -- Zig Ziglar
  • Manage by objectives. Tell people exactly what you want them to do and then get out of their way. -- Brian Tracy
  • Every business has two financial objectives: One is to make money; the other, more elusive, is to make money consistently. -- Dave Liniger
  • The reinterpretation and eventual eradication of the concept of right and wrong are that belated objectives of nearly all Psychotherapy -- Brock Chisholm
  • Fostering transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve was one of my principal objectives when I became Chairman in February 2006. -- Ben Bernanke
  • Strong families cultivate an attribute of effective communication. They talk out their problems, make plans together, and cooperate toward common objectives. -- Ezra Taft Benson
  • Education today, more than ever before, must see clearly the dual objectives: education for living and educating for making a living. -- James Wood-Mason
  • What difference would a clear vision of my principles, values, and ultimate objectives make in the way I spend my time? -- Stephen Covey
  • When you delegate work to the member of the team, your job is to clearly frame success and describe the objectives. -- Steven Sinofsky
  • It is naturally only a coincidence that all too often, American foreign-policy objectives dovetail nicely with the economic objectives of multinational corporations. -- Charley Reese
  • I have no private purpose to accomplish, no party objectives to build up, no enemies to punish-nothing to serve but my country. -- Zachary Taylor
  • I am looking forward to working with Congressman Hobson and Vorys Advisors to help Ohio businesses and organizations achieve their goals and objectives. -- Zack Space
  • The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally. -- Gerry Adams
  • The really damaging thing is that the objectives, the goals of the people on the left are not possible. There is no utopia. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
  • You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, and demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others. -- Stanley Gault
  • The really damaging thing is that the objectives, the goals of the people on the left are not possible. There is no utopia. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
  • Governments cannot assume or expect that the ECB will always facilitate their funding independently of the achievement of their fiscal and other policy objectives. -- Lucas Papademos
  • Sometimes the manager must perform with the courage and agility of a circus performer, carefully crossing the highwire between short-term problems and long-term objectives. -- Buck Rodgers
  • I support [FRAME's] objectives, largely because I do not believe that results of tests conducted on animals will be neccessarily relevant to human beings... -- Ian Jenkins
  • I do not believe the President requires any additional authorization from the Congress before committing US forces to achieve our objectives in the Gulf. -- Dick Cheney
  • We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives-like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write. -- George W. Bush
  • Although the detail of our sexual energies and their objects and objectives vastly vary, the existence of our sexuality itself is an undeniable truth. -- Lynn Margulis
  • One of my objectives when I started Biocon was to make sure that I create a company for women scientists to pursue a vocation. -- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
  • The principle objectives in life are love, the creation and enjoyment if aesthetic experience, the pursuit of knowledge. Love comes a long way first. -- John Maynard Keynes
  • Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price. -- Margaret Thatcher
  • I want to be a part of the grand plan. Being on board with God's objectives means I understand that this is not about me. -- James MacDonald
  • If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment. -- Tom Rath
  • The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former -- Alfred Armand Montapert
  • The United States has become great because we, as a people, have been able to work together for great objectives even while differing about details. -- Harry S. Truman
  • Free nations with different histories, economies and a vast amount of stubborn pride will never achieve complete agreement, even when they desire the same objectives. -- Arthur Hays Sulzberger
  • Secularism does not accept many things as absolutes. Its principal objectives are pleasure and self-interest. Often, those who embrace secularism have a different look about them. -- James E. Faust
  • Despite their good intentions, today's businesses are missing an opportunity to integrate social responsibility and day-to-day business objectives - to do good and make money simultaneously. -- Cindy Gallop
  • Ideas, aspirations, and objectives that, by their content, transcend the established universe of discourse and action are either repelled or reduced to terms of this universe. -- Herbert Marcuse
  • When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses a threat to liberty. -- Margaret Thatcher
  • The objectives of education and industry are identical. Both are interested in good citizenship, in serving society, in a better life-and both firmly believe in freedom. -- Herman Lee Donovan
  • And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be held accountable. -- Erskine Bowles
  • A manager sets objectives - A manager organizes - A manager motivates and communicates - A manager, by establishing yardsticks, measures - A manager develops people . -- Peter Drucker
  • We should seek international support for our mutual objectives abroad, in promoting freedom, democracy, respect for human rights, and also the elimination of weapons of mass destruction. -- Bob Menendez
  • Our strength in finance has led us to set up an international financial centre with medium and long-term objectives, especially to develop Islamic financial and insurance services. -- Hassanal Bolkiah
  • The civil war in Rwanda and other ethnic massacres were an integral part of US foreign policy, carefully staged in accordance with precise strategic and economic objectives. -- Michel Chossudovsky
  • The Statist has constructed a Rube Goldberg array of laws and policies that have institutionalized his objectives. His success breeds confidence in the limitlessness of his endeavors. -- Mark Levin
  • The task of the strategist and leadership team is to reduce uncertainty in the areas that they can directly influence in order to pursue attractively difficult objectives. -- Max McKeown
  • Strategy is important, but trust is the hidden variable. On paper you can have clarity around your objectives, but in a low-trust environment, your strategy won't be executed. -- Stephen Covey
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