Peter M. Senge > Quotes

“You cannot force commitment, what you can do…You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model.  Your primary influence is the environment you create.”
― Peter M. Senge

“Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we never were able to do. Through learning we reperceive the world and our relationship to it. Through learning we extend our capacity to create, to be part of the generative process of life”
― Peter M. Senge

“the bad leader is he who the people despise; the good leader is he who the people praise; the great leader is he who the people say, "We did it ourselves”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“In the presence of greatness, pettiness disappears. In the absence of a great dream, pettiness prevails.”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“The most effective people are those who can "hold" their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“Reality is made up of circles but we see straight lines.”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“vision is an idle dream at best and a cynical delusion at worst - but not an achievable end”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“It is not the absence of defensiveness that characterizes learning teams but the way defensiveness is faced”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization