Things Done Quotes
It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get things done make lists.
Managers assert drive and control to get things done; leaders pause to discover new ways of being and achieving .
I've experienced great things, I've experienced great tragedies. I've done almost everything I could possibly ever imagine doing, but I just know that there's more.
You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the secondary consequences.
I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining; I'm about getting things done.
Whenever serious and competent people need to get things done in the real world, all considerations of tradition and protocol fly out the window.
The way to get things done is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.
I assure you that some of the most awesome things God has ever done for me have come out of the most awful things I’d done to myself.
The edge is a great place to be. Inside the box is too dark. Outside the box, there's no leverage. But on the edge of the box, you can get things done!
Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches
Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and fierce Right, both on their toes and each terrified of the other? That's how we get things done.
A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.
The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them.
A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.
I do everything halfway, a thing of which adults disapprove, but things done halfway are deceptive, and in a class of their own – for instance, the sun is really twice its size.
I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.
If I ever do anything, it actually might be some fantasy elf thing or even some cute, funny thing. Just to do something a little bit out of the ordinary. I've done my superhero gig.
Hardworking families can no longer afford to wait for a Congress that gridlocks on ideology. I look forward to working with my colleagues from both parties to get things done.
My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.
And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.
People who can focus, get things done. People who can prioritize, get the right things done.
The key to Operations at Wal-Mart is their ability to maintain the highest standards while at the same time getting things done with lockstep execution.
I've always been the type of person to make everybody happy and get things done. I want everything to be 100% perfect.
Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.
You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That's magical. He's done a great thing.
Shambhala is a tradition where there were rulers, kings, and powerful people who actually were very benevolent and kind. They got things done, and they didn't abandon their tradition.
There are respectful, considerate things that can be done in life that will be appreciated by the recipient, and only good things can result.
It used to irritate a friend of mine that when he went to confession he never got the chance to tell the priest the good things he had done.
One of the things I've done is tell myself I can't let bad things that happen to me on the field, off the field, whatever, affect me.
People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done.
We'll get things done together. Democrats, Republicans, independents, we're going to make progress together when I'm president.
Think what stupid things the people must have done with their money who say they're 'happier without'.
We have lived in this world where little things are done for love and big things for money. Now we have Wikipedia. Suddenly big things can be done for love.
I wasn't the kind of student that Pratt was looking for. They wanted patient people who would work on something forever. I didn't want to work on any project forever. I intended to get things done.
The problem with requiring people to be loud and angry to get things done is that you're now surrounded by people who are loud and angry.
I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.
I care about this state... and I feel a responsibility to get things done. If we stay healthy and play smart we can be a playoff team. I think we're on the right track.
