David Packard Quotes & Sayings

A company has a greater responsibility than making money for its stockholders. We have a responsibility to our employees to recognize their dignity as human beings. — David Packard

The most important question we have to deal with is a combination of population control and the control of our environment - how to utilize the world in as effective a way as we can for the future of mankind. — David Packard

Profit is not the proper end and aim of management - it is what makes all of the proper ends and aims possible — David Packard

Why are we here? I think many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists solely to make money. Money is an important part of a company's existence, if the company is any good. But a result is not a cause. We have to go deeper and find the real reason for our being. — David Packard

A company has a responsibility beyond making a profit for stockholders; it has a responsibility to recognize the dignity of its employees as human beings, to the well-being of its customers, and to the community at large. — David Packard

He said that more businesses die from indigestion than starvation. I have observed the truth of that advice many times since then. — David Packard

More organizations die of indigestion than starvation — David Packard

You appear to have a good project ... we wish you well in this endeavor. — David Packard

The betterment of society is not a job to be left to a few. It's a responsibility to be shared by all. — David Packard

Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department. — David Packard

Bill Hewlett and I were brought up in the Depression. We weren't interested in the idea of making any money. Our idea was if you couldn't find a job, you'd make one for yourself. — David Packard

Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough. — David Packard

I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion. — David Packard

The greatest success goes to the person who is not afraid to fail in front of even the largest audience. — David Packard

People, materials, facilities, money, and time are the resources available to us for conducting our business. By applying our skills, we turn these resources into useful products and services. If we do a good job, customers pay us more for our products than the sum of our costs in producing and distributing them. This difference, our profit, represents the value we add to the resources we utilize. — David Packard

I have observed that money left without special guidance is sometimes used well and sometimes not. — David Packard

Management by Walking Around — David Packard

Avoid openly trying to reform people. Every man knows he is imperfect, but he doesn't want someone else trying to correct his faults. If you want to improve a person, help him embrace a higher working goal-a standard, an ideal-and he will do his own 'making over' far more effectively than you can do it for him. — David Packard

To remain static is to lose ground. — David Packard