Getting Things Done Quotes - Page 4

• We're the end of the baby boomers, and we participated in many social changes. Who would of thought, for example, when the AIDS epidemic came along that so many would die, because it was gay people dying. And what emerged was a grassroots movement that developed, and succeeded in getting things done. The pinpointing of that movement evolved into the changes that we have today.

  Todd Haynes

  Baby, Gay, Aids Epidemic

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• Leadership is not always about getting things done 'right.' Leadership is about getting things done through other people.

  Andy Stanley

  People, Done, Things Done

  Andy Stanley (2011). “Next Generation Leader”, p.25, Multnomah

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• Connecting with people, getting things done - that's what makes the travel worthwhile.

  Tim Finchem

  People, Done, Worthwhile

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• I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining; I'm about getting things done.

  Christine Quinn

  Talking, Complaining, Done

  "Christine Quinn formally announces bid to be New York's first female mayor" by Matt Williams, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2013.

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• Management is the art of getting things done through people.

  Mary Parker Follett

  Art, People, Done

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• Was it possible that a bustling display of energy might only be a camouflage for a spiritual vacuum? The thought so impressed me that I mentioned it next day to the French purser, at whose table I was sitting. He nodded his agreement. "Stevenson is right," he said. "Indeed, if you will pardon my saying so, the idea applies particularly to you Americans. A lot of your countrymen keep so busy getting things done that they reach the end of their lives without ever having lived at all."

  Arthur Gordon Webster

  Spiritual, Agreement, Ideas

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• Western civilization has not yet learned the lesson that the energy we expend in 'getting things done' is less important than the moral strength it takes to decide what is worth doing and what is right to do.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Civilization, Priorities, Important

  Sydney J. Harris (1976). “Best of Sydney J. Harris”

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• The conservative Republican governors tend to be more oriented toward trying to work with Democrats and getting things done.

  William J. Clinton

  Trying, Done, Conservative

  "Bill Clinton: Someone We Can All Agree On". Interview with Charles P. Pierce and Mark Warren, www.esquire.com. January 18, 2012.

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• The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.

  Simon Sinek

  Responsibility, Giving, Done

  Twitter post from Sep 28, 2012

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• The explanation is that prayer is not primarily God's way of getting things done. It is God's way of giving the church 'on the job training' in overcoming the forces hostile to God.

  Paul Billheimer

  Jobs, Prayer, Giving

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