Effective Quotes

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The more you pursue distractions, the less effective any particular distraction is, and so I'd had to up various dosages, until, before I knew it,… — Jonathan Franzen
The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a… — Henry David Thoreau
Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are… — Warren G. Bennis
The "non-profit" institution neither supplies goods or services not controls. Its "product" is neither a pair of shoes nor an effective regulation. Its product is… — Peter Drucker
Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to… — Richard Carlson
Cutting out bad habits is far more effective than cutting out organs. — Herbert M. Shelton
A public-school system, if it means the providing of free education for those who desire it, is a noteworthy and beneficent achievement of modern times;… — John Gresham Machen
If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs. — Randy Pausch
belief is necessarily something false that diverts and suffocates effective production — Gilles Deleuze
Quentin had an obsolete sailing ship that had been raised from the dead. He had psychotically effective swordsman and an enigmatic witch-queen. It wasn't the… — Lev Grossman
The Lord gave the wonderful promise of the free use of His Name with the Father in conjunction with doing His works. The disciple who… — Andrew Murray
As for life's tragedies, our love will defeat them. Love is the most effective cure. In the crevices of disasters, happiness lies like a diamond… — Naguib Mahfouz
The only true and effective "operator's manual for spaceship earth" is not a book that any human will ever write; it is hundreds of thousands… — Wendell Berry
I believe it's our loss of connection with our instinctual side that prevents us from being effective pack leaders for our dogs. Perhaps it's also… — Cesar Millan
Do I really smother my own joy because I believe that anger achieves more than love? That Satan's way is more powerful, more practical, more… — Ann Voskamp
Maxim 6: If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries — Howard Tayler
Maxim 3: An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries — Howard Tayler
Maxim 20: If you’re not willing to shell your own position, you’re not willing to win. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries — Howard Tayler
Why was is that the Light acted through lies, and the Darkness acted though the truth? Why was is that our truth proved powerless, but… — Sergei Lukyanenko
Well, for one, you have to remember not to scream. Once you have their attention, whispering is much more effective. Screaming ghosts scare people, you… — Gabrielle Zevin
On the other hand, the Prince had proved a much more effective teacher than Snape so far. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply… — Daniel H. Pink
Hope is not wishful thinking. It's not a temperament we're born with. It is a stance toward life that we can choose...not not. The real… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom effective in their aims. — Elisabeth Elliot

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