Sense Of Urgency Quotes

• Though we are optimistic, we must remain vigilant and maintain a sense of urgency.

  Jeff Bezos

  Optimistic, Vigilant, Urgency

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• We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there "is" such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and postive action.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Motivational, Today, Complacency

  "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence". Speech at Riverside Church in New York City, April 4, 1967.

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• People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  People, Growth, Problem

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• Move fast. A sense of urgency is the one thing you can develop that will separate you from everyone else. When you get a good idea, do it now.

  Brian Tracy

  Moving, Ideas, One Thing

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• You don't have as much time as you think you do. You got to operate like there's a sense of urgency!

  Eric Thomas

  Thinking, Urgency

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• We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.

  Les Brown

  Live Life, Minutes, Urgency

  Les Brown (1998). “It's Not Over Until You Win: How to Become the Person You Always Wanted to Be No Matter What the Obstacle”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Good Life, Greatness

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 16, 2017

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• When you play against good people, that's when you focus your concentration. Your sense of urgency to be disciplined in your execution all become more critical. Sometimes you get away with doing things not quite right against lesser competition, but when you play against real good people that's when it shows up.

  Nick Saban

  Real, Play, People

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• Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Goals And Achievement, Dreams And Goals, Achieving Your Goals

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• If you do not answer the noise and urgency of your gifts, they will turn on you. Or drag you down with their immense sadness at being abandoned.

  Joy Harjo

  Sadness, Poetry, Answers

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• I love working with customers. Sales has really influenced everything I do. It has instilled in me the important traits of operating with a sense of urgency and listening to people.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  People, Listening, Important

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• Everyone expects us to have a sense of urgency for life's big things. Life measures us by how we engage ourselves in the little things.

  Bob Proctor

  Littles, Little Things, Bigs

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Dec 28, 2011

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• You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Moving

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• When you have a little bit more of a threat, I guess you just have a better sense of urgency, and for me that's when the best comes out in me

  Jake Ellenberger

  Mma, Littles, Threat

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• America faces many challenges...but the enemy I fear most is complacency. We are about to be hit by the full force of global competition. If we continue to ignore the obvious task at hand while others beat us at our own game, our children and grandchildren will pay the price. We must now establish a sense of urgency.

  Charles M. Vest

  Children, Science, Math

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• Share the Gospel. According to the Bible, it is every believer's privilege and responsibility to share the Gospel. If we understand what lies ahead for those who do not know Christ, there will be a sense of urgency in our witness.

  David Jeremiah

  Lying, Responsibility, Privilege

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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 we open up to our vitality and to the sense of urgency that flows within us ... we will have the pleasure of experiencing ourselves living and working in cooperation with the deepest forces of life.

  Rick Jarow

  Vitality, Flow, Cooperation

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• You are a powerhouse of creativity; you were born magnificently expressive, available and aware. Before you had the words for it, you had an intrinsic sense of urgency because you knew down in your bones that the stakes are high.

  Larry Silverberg

  Creativity, Bones, Stakes

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• The sense of urgency has almost completely vanished.

  Cleve Jones

  Urgency

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view.

  Michael Arad

  Views, Long, Littles

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• I live my life with a sense of urgency that most people cant comprehend.

  Marc Bolan

  People, Living My Life, I Live My Life

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• The sense of urgency is real for me, because the window of opportunity is closing. Gotta get back to the Super Bowl, gotta get back there and win it.

  Steve McNair

  Real, Winning, Opportunity

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• You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into the grave.

  Frank McCourt

  Age, Graves, Staring

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• I wasn't at all focused on school, and I didn't achieve much. But I've got a sense of urgency now. I feel I can't let any more time waste away.

  Robert Pattinson

  School, Waste, Wasting Time

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

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