Effective Quotes

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Advertising tends to be most effective in jogging finally into action those people who are well-enough disposed towards a product, but have not yet got… — Stephen King
We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us. — Stephen Covey
Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance. — Alain de Botton
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. — Clement Attlee
Only the person who does not evade conflict and directs his efforts in keeping with the course of society's development can be an effective leader. — Georgi Plekhanov
An effective proclamation of the Gospel in contemporary Western society will need to confront directly the widespread spirit of agnosticism and relativism which has cast… — Pope John Paul II
Nothing enrages me more than when people criticize my criticism of school by telling me that schools are not just places to learn maths and… — Seymour Papert
I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run… — Carlos Slim
A wonderful thing happens when you give up on hope, which is that you realize you never needed it in the first place. You realize… — Derrick Jensen
The effective executive knows that it is easier to raise the performance of one leader than it is to raise the performance of a whole… — Peter Drucker
I think schools generally do an effective and terribly damaging job of teaching children to be infantile, dependent, intellectually dishonest, passive and disrespectful to their… — Seymour Papert
Will this massive outcry [about pollution] continue long enough to have effective results? Will federal and state laws be enacted with effective enforcement clauses? Will… — Malcolm Forbes
As to those in the World Trade Center...Let's get a grip here, shall we? True enough, they were civilians of a sort. But innocent? Gimme… — Ward Churchill
Non-violence is a very powerful weapon. Most people don't understand the power of non-violence and tend to be amazed by the whole idea. Those who… — Cesar Chavez
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts… — Barbara Deming
The greatest religious problem today is how to be both a mystic and a militant; in other words how to combine the search for an… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is. — Kofi Annan
We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we may have. Each of us has… — Stephen Schneider
A market economy is a tool - a valuable and effective tool - for organizing productive activity. A market society is a way of life… — Michael Sandel
Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices and decisions.… — Stephen Covey
Science is...a powerful way, indeed - to study the natural world. Science is not particularly effective...in making commentary about the supernatural world. Both worlds, for… — Francis Collins
A society committed to the search for truth must give protection to, and set a high value upon, the independent and original mind, however angular,… — Caryl Parker Haskins
We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in… — Stephen Covey
One of the most effective means for transcending ordinary and moving into the realm of extraordinary is saying yes more frequently and eliminating no almost… — Wayne Dyer
You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective. — Abba Eban

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