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> [It's possible to be busy but not effective. Everyone's often busy, but few are effective. The effective are, the successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-w-griffin/it-s-possible-to-be-busy-but-not-effective-everyone-s-often-busy-but/)

[Kenneth W Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-w-griffin/)

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> [It is possible that we can get so busy doing work 'for' the Lord that we have no time FOR the Lord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/it-is-possible-that-we-can-get-so-busy-doing-work-for-the-lord-that/)

[Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_busy_it-is-possible-that-we-can-get-so-busy-d_541209.png)

> [It is possible to be busy-very busy-without being very effective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-covey/it-is-possible-to-be-busy-very-busy-without-being-very-effective/)

[Stephen Covey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-covey/)

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> [City of rest! - as it seems to our modern senses, - how is it possible that so busy, so pitiless and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-augusta-ward/city-of-rest-as-it-seems-to-our-modern-senses-how-is-it-possible-that/)

[Mary Augusta Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-augusta-ward/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d0/mary-augusta-ward-14616_busy_city-of-rest-as-it-seems-to-our-modern-s_2289126.jpg)

> [It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-covey/it-s-incredibly-easy-to-get-caught-up-in-an-activity-trap-in-the-busy/)

[Stephen Covey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-covey/)

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