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“Before trying to get more of everything done, get the most important things done first.” — Mark Horstman Copy Share Image
“We all know that the way to get something done is to give it to a busy person.” — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
“What is done for you - allow it to be done. What you must do yourself - make sure you do it.” — Khawwas (Essential Sufism Copy Share Image
“First I make a list of priorities: one, two, three, and so on. Then I cross out everything from three on down.” — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“Emotional control typically relies on various subtle tricks, such as changing how one thinks about the problem at hand, or distracting oneself. Hence,” — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“the British humorist Sir A. P. Herbert nicely described the conflicting set of symptoms: “Thank heaven, I have given up smoking again!” he announced.… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“We’ve seen parents successfully use a variant of this approach when an infant cries to be fed. Instead of immediately feeding the crying child,… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“We’ve said that willpower is humans’ greatest strength, but the best strategy is not to rely on it in all situations. Save it for… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“The ones who wrote about what they had already achieved had higher satisfaction with their current tasks and projects, as compared with the ones… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“Napoleon once summarized his idea of strategic military planning: “You engage, and then you wait and see.” By making contact with the enemy and… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“What stress really does, though, is deplete willpower, which diminishes your ability to control those emotions.” — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“Charles Darwin wrote in The Descent of Man, “The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“Religion deals with the highest levels of meaning. As a result, it can interpret each life or each event in a context that runs… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“The page-a-day folks had done well and generally gotten tenure. The so-called “binge writers” fared far less well, and many had had their careers… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
My favorite job is the next one. Its such a gratifying experience getting to creatively keep trying something new and push things in a… — Roger Craig Smith Copy Share Image
I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to… — Josie Loren Copy Share Image
Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothing, prices will continue to rise and… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
The reason I got into acting was not to explore myself. I was a reader, I didn't care about acting. I got into it… — Campbell Scott Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying or getting overly angry or to maintain control. — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
I am getting nowhere with you and I can't let you go and I cant get through. — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
People look at me like I'm on my way out of the game. I'm just getting started. — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me. — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people that have had fake Twitters... actors and musicians that I know. It's sort of a problem. There are… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Films are tricky because for years you're getting told you're about to make it and you're about to be busy for four or six… — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
