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• A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

  Marvin Bower

  People, Principles, Boots

  Marvin Bower (1966). “The will to manage: corporate success through programmed management”

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• I see little hope for democracy as an effective form of government, but I admire the poetry of how it makes its victims complicit in their own destruction.

  Eliezer Yudkowsky

  Sarcastic, Hope, Sarcasm

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• Quality is free. It's not a gift, but it's free. The 'unquality' things are what cost money.

  Phil Crosby

  Money, Business, Quality

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• They [women] can use their abilities to support each other, even as they develop more effective and appropriate ways of dealing with power.... Women do not need to diminish other women[they] need the power to advance their own development, but they do not "need" the power to limit the development of others.

  Jean Baker Miller

  Women, Power, Support

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• Do not place hope in finding a secret technique. Polish the mind through ceaseless training; that is the key to effective techniques.

  Kyuzo Mifune

  Motivational, Success, Hope

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• Developing excellent COMMUNICATION skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter.

  Gil Amelio

  Motivational, Leadership, Communication

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• If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, if you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

  Dalai Lama

  Motivation, Kindness, Compassion

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.190, Penguin

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• The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.

  Tom Peters

  Leadership, Teamwork, Kids

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• The development of Africa will not happen without the effective participation of women. Our forefathers' image of women must be buried once for all.

  Ousmane Sembene

  Women, Development, Buried

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• To me it is no mystery that we can only photograph effectively what we are truly interested in or-maybe more importantly-are grappling with. Often unconsciously. Otherwise the photographs are merely about an idea or a concept-that stuff eventually falls flat for me-there must be something more, some emotional hook for it to really work for me.

  Todd Hido

  Photography, Fall, Emotional

  "A conversation with Todd Hido". Interview with Joerg Colberg, jmcolberg.com. June 18, 2007.

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• Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run it's truth that prevails.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Running, Wisdom

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• Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and can't control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible.

  Epictetus

  Understanding, Principles, Fundamentals

  Epictetus, Sharon Lebell (2013). “The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.

  Nelson Bunker Hunt

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• 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 mind.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Business, Mind

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.117, Mango Media Inc.

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• Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Inspiration, Worst

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• Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.

  Michael Porter

  Essentials, Strategy, Performances

  Harvard Business Review, John P. Kotter, Michael Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (2015). “Leadership, Strategy, and Innovation: Health Care Collection (8 Items)”, p.1687, Harvard Business Review Press

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• A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Marijuana, Years, Generations

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• Whether we consider the individual, family, local, national or international level, peace must arise from inner peace. For example, making prayers for peace while continuing to harbor anger is futile. Training the mind and overcoming your anger is much more effective than mere prayer. Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that.

  Dalai Lama

  Jealousy, Respect, Prayer

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• Transparency is the key to good governance & e-governance is the only effective way of transparent governance.

  Narendra Modi

  Keys, India, Way

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• I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ... because I believe the big problem is not taxes, the big problem is spending.

  Milton Friedman

  Believe, Cutting, Thinking

  "Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and other big government Republicans hijacked the conservative cause". Book by Richard A Viguerie, p. 46, 2006.

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• The doctor is effective only when he himself is affected. Only the wounded physician heals.

  Carl Jung

  Doctors, Physicians, Heal

  Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Memories, dreams, reflections”, Random House Inc

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• I continue to hear concerns from health professional organizations that dried marijuana is not an approved drug or medicine in Canada. They want clearer guidance on safety and effectiveness and want authorizations to be monitored. That is why I asked Health Canada to consult with provincial and territorial regulatory bodies, companies licensed to produce marijuana and other professional organizations to enhance information-sharing on how doctors and nurse practitioners are authorizing the use of marijuana.

  Rona Ambrose

  Marijuana, Doctors, Information Sharing

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• In the end, the effectiveness of our creative process comes down to whether we’re going to whine or do the work.

  Blaine Hogan

  Creative, Ends, Process

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• Promote yourself, but do not demote another.

  Yisroel Salanter

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• When it comes to efficiency and effectiveness, I would always start with effectiveness. I am interested in achieving a certain outcome. Only secondarily do I worry about achieving it as efficiently as possible.

  Philip Kotler

  Worry, Outcomes, Efficiency

  Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. May 10, 2015.

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