Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Effectiveness Quotes
BalanceEffectivenessSimplicityStrategy Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
EffectivenessMilitary StrategyProgress Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.
CompetenceEffectivenessProblem SolvingWisdom There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
EffectivenessHierarchyStructureTitles Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.
EffectivenessProblem SolvingRoot CauseStrategy There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
AgendaBeliefClarityEffectivenessUnity You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in.
EffectivenessEfficiencyFocusPreparationSuccess Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
ClarityComplexityEffectivenessEngagementObscurity Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
CommunicationEffectivenessInfluenceIntentionSilence Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
ConflictEffectivenessForceMethods of ChangePersuasion Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.
EffectivenessInformationOrganizationSoftware In almost every job now, people use software and work with information to enable their organisation to operate more effectively.
ConvictionCourageEffectivenessLeadership I have no delusions about my likability in every scenario. I know that in order to get things done the way you want them, oftentimes your position will be unpopular.
EffectivenessEfficiencyManagementPerformanceProductivity Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
EffectivenessFaithPerspective If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
AdaptabilityEffectivenessIndividuality Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.
AlternativesDisciplineEducationEffectivenessInstitutions I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment.
AdministrationEffectivenessGovernment For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.
EffectivenessEfficiencyEqualityPublic HealthResource Allocation Some very poor countries run great vaccination systems, and some richer ones run terrible programs.
EffectivenessFearLovePermanencePower Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
