Max Dong > Max's Quotes

“The teacher must adopt the role of facilitator not content provider.”
― Lev S. Vygotsky

“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.”
― Mao Tse-tung

“To read too many books is harmful.”
― Mao Zedong

“Political power grows out of the barrel of the gun...”
― Mao Tse-tung

“War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.”
― Mao Zedong

“Firstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.”
― Mao Zedong

“When you point a finger at the moon to indicate the moon, instead of looking at the moon,the stupid ones look at your finger.”
― Mao Tse-tung

“breaking up the whole into parts",”
― Mao Tse-tung, On Guerrilla Warfare

“Concentrate a big force to strike at a small section of the enemy force" remains a principle of field operations in guerrilla warfare.”
― Mao Tse-tung, On Guerrilla Warfare

“There are two principles here: one is the actual needs of the masses rather than what we fancy they need, and the other is the wishes of the masses, who must make up their own minds instead of our making up their minds for them.”
― Mao Tse-tung, Quotations from Chairman: Many pictures

“Therefore, before any action is taken, we must explain the policy, which we have formulated in the light of the given circumstances, to Party members and to the masses. Otherwise, Party members and the masses will depart from the guidance of our policy, act blindly and carry out a wrong policy.”
― Mao Tse-tung, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
― Peter Drucker, Essential Drucker

“The best way to predict your future is to create it”
― Peter Drucker

“If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old”
― Peter Drucker

“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.”
― Peter F. Drucker

“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.”
― Peter F. Drucker

“No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.”
― Peter Drucker

“Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.”
― Peter F. Drucker

“The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.”
― Peter Drucker

“What's measured improves”
― Peter Drucker

“Business has only two functions — marketing and innovation.”
― Peter Drucker

“Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. ”
― Peter Drucker

“This defines entrepreneur and entrepreneurship - the entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.”
― Peter F. Drucker, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

“The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers.
The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.”
― Peter Drucker

“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”
― Peter Drucker

“When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course. ”
― Peter Drucker

“Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.”
― Peter F. Drucker, The Essential Drucker

“A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all.”
― Peter Drucker

“It is more productive to convert an opportunity into results than to solve a problem - which only restores the equilibrium of yesterday.”
― Peter F. Drucker, The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.”
― Peter Drucker