Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting .

    如果不能持续，就谈不上伟大。

    ——拿破仑•波拿巴（Napoleon Bonaparte, 前法国统治者）

    Ultimately, the job of the manger is to get ordinary people to create extraordinary results.

    说到底，管理者的任务是要让普通的人创造非凡的结果。

    ——克里斯托弗•巴特里特（Christopher Bartlett, 哈佛商学院教授）

    No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.

    一个机构，如果需要天才或超人才能管理的话，他将无法生存。机构必须按照普通人能领导的方式来进行组织。

    ——彼得•德鲁克（Peter F. Drucker, 管理大师）

    Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

    混沌常常孕育着生命，而秩序会产生习惯。

    ——亨利•亚当斯（Henry Brooks Adams, 美国历史学家）

    The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.

    常规的管理定义是通过别人将事办成，但真正的管理是通过工作开发人力。

    ——阿贝第•哈桑（Abedi Hassan, 著名银行家）

    It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress will be measured, but also by those we are still asking.

    衡量我们的进步，不仅要看我们已经解决的问题，而且要看我们正在提问的问题。

    ——福雷达•阿德勒（Freda Adler, 著名女性犯罪学家）

    Business is like a car: it will not run by itself except downhill.

    企业就像一辆汽车，只有在走下坡路时才无需管理。

    ——无名氏