Laurence Johnston Peter (1919–90) was a Canadian educator and “hierarchiologist”, best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter Principle. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and began his career as a teacher in Vancouver in 1941. He received the degree of Doctor of Education from Washington State University in 1963.
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If you don’t learn from your mistakes, There’s no point in making them.
—Laurence J. Peter
You can always tell a real friend; when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.
—Laurence J. Peter
Topics: Friendship
The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
—Laurence J. Peter
Topics: Intelligence, Intellectuals
Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.
—Laurence J. Peter
Topics: Imagination
Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.
—Laurence J. Peter
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