Author: Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

Quotes

If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world.

If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world.

- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

I think that my leadership style is to get people to fear staying in place, to fear not changing.

I think that my leadership style is to get people to fear staying in place, to fear not changing.

- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

We do not need Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education; we need a single Department of Skills that will promote an integrated approach to global competitiveness.

We do not need Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education; we need a single Department of Skills that will promote an integrated approach to global competitiveness.

- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

I want to become a student. I want to read Chinese history and go on a dig.

I want to become a student. I want to read Chinese history and go on a dig.

- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

You can never be comfortable with your success, you've got to be paranoid you're going to lose it.

You can never be comfortable with your success, you've got to be paranoid you're going to lose it.

- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

I've been accepted at Cambridge University. I want to study Chinese history and archaeology. I want to become a student. I want to read Chinese history and go on a dig.

I've been accepted at Cambridge University. I want to study Chinese history and archaeology. I want to become a student. I want to read Chinese history and go on a dig.

- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

The next thing is: we can make IBM even better. We brought IBM back but we're gunning for leadership.

The next thing is: we can make IBM even better. We brought IBM back but we're gunning for leadership.

- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

The Internet is ultimately about innovation and integration, but you don't get the innovation unless you integrate Web technology into the processes by which you run your business.

The Internet is ultimately about innovation and integration, but you don't get the innovation unless you integrate Web technology into the processes by which you run your business.

- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.

- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

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