Success is doing ordinary things extraordinary well.

“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 But that info is obsolete, like my insults…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

“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

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

“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

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

— D. A. Carson

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

— Maria Goeppert-Mayer

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

— Marcus Aurelius

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 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

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

— Seth Godin

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

— John C. Maxwell

Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principle of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration… Our…

— Peter Drucker

“Our work activities are perhaps most interesting when the element of competition is present.”

— Ralph Alfred Habas

The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and the related Accra Agenda for Action, are useful policy instruments that set out the mutual responsibilities of…

— Margaret Chan