Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.

“Everything is a tool. Every tool has a purpose. Every purpose always ends with a result. The end result is always a reward. In…

— Joey Lawsin

Advertising justifies its existence when used in the public interest-it is much too powerful a tool to use solely for commercial purposes.

— Howard Gossage

I collect as many acoustic guitars as I need for a specific purpose. Acoustic guitars are really just tools for me.

— Joe Bonamassa

If we would have anything of benefit, we must earn it, and earning it become shrewd, inventive, ingenious, active, enterprising.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate to the strength of leadership.

— John C. Maxwell

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

— Seth Godin

The man or woman at home who prays often has as much to do with the effectiveness of the missionary on the field, and…

— R. A. Torrey

Maybe you've attended church for five, ten, or even twenty years, but you've never cracked open the Bible to prepare yourself for effectiveness as…

— Howard G. Hendricks

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

— Marcus Aurelius

Winning the prize wasn't half as exciting as doing the work itself.

— Maria Goeppert-Mayer

“Having no applicable skills, in any possible area whatsoever, effectively makes me the master of redundancy. But that info is obsolete, like my insults…

— Will Advise

“Programs in operational effectiveness produce reassuring progress, although superior profitability may remain elusive. Business publications and consultants flood the market with information about what…

— Michael E. Porter

Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really?... True effectiveness requires…

— Stephen Covey

“There is no shortcut for hard work that leads to effectiveness. You must stay disciplined because most of the work is behind the scenes.”

— Germany Kent

Effectiveness in teaching the Bible is purchased at the price of much study, some of it lonely, all of it tiring.

— D. A. Carson