quotes by 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)

"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)

"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)

"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)

"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)

"Reality is made up of circles but we see straight lines."
— Peter M. Senge (The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization)