Top 100 Quotes About Getting Things Done
#1. Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Lin Yutang
#3. I'm not registered to any party. I don't really play in the political world. I'm really more interested in getting things done.
Gary Sinise
#4. The upsides of acting in things is mostly getting your hair done and having people give you clothes. So as long as you can have a little bit of that in your life, then it's just as delightful to be behind camera.
Tina Fey
#5. On any day - in any given event - you have to believe in yourself and back yourself 100%
Rasheed Ogunlaru
#6. 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
#7. He knew he probably sounded like an idiot to the scholars, but sometimes an idiot's perspective ended up getting more things done.
James Rollins
#8. The leader must be in charge of getting things done by running the three core processes - picking other leaders, setting the strategic direction, and conducting operations.
Ram Charan
#9. I don't really care what's going on I just care about getting my job done the best that I can possibly do and deal with the other things in my life that take a lot of time and a lot of thought.
Brett Favre
#10. Be sure not to turn your life into a series of tasks which must always be performed... I know it can seem appealing to live in a state of accomplishing things, always succeeding, always getting things done. But consider this. A whole life lost. A sacrifice to your fragile sense of order.
Kevin Hooyman
#12. Just going outside put me at risk of winding up dead or captured. If I let that daunt me, I'd never do anything.
Samantha Shannon
#13. I swing between procrastination and being really thorough so either way things aren't getting done quickly.
Freema Agyeman
#14. The purpose of time management and getting more done in less time is to enable you to spend more face time with the people you care about and doing the things that give you the greatest amount of joy in life.
Brian Tracy
#15. When things are starting to work, you get up at five in the morning thinking, what are we going to do today? You stay up until one in the morning getting it done, and then you start the next day with the same energy, because it's working!
Annie Lennox
#16. We've got to be entrepreneurial; we've got to be innovative, and we've got to figure out ways of getting things done that people might think are very unorthodox.
Cory Booker
#17. I shall bere your noble fame, for ye spake a grete worde and fulfilled it worshipfully.
Thomas Malory
#18. I have this fantasy of my older days, painting or sculpting or making things. I have this fantasy of a bike trip to Chile. I have this fantasy of flying into Morocco. But right now, it's about getting the work done and getting home to family. I have an adventure every morning, getting up.
Brad Pitt
#19. He was, in military life, a sergeant. Casson had already guessed that by the time he got around to mentioning it. A sergeant: good at getting things done. By the book so long as it worked. By being crooked if that's what it took.
Alan Furst
#20. Still, he figured, sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do, and then sometimes you've just got to run like hell after it's done.
Derek Landy
#21. Without first setting your goals correctly, it is impossible to focus on a plan to achieve them. That is why goal setting is so vital to time management and developing focus.
Mani S. Sivasubramanian
#22. Ego stops you from getting things done and getting people to work with you. That's why I firmly believe that ego and success are not compatible.
Harvey MacKay
#23. 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.
Michael Bergdahl
#25. When these people stopped, there'd be others to take their jobs over. That was the Lord's plan. He was getting the world's work done through people, and He would see to it that He had enough to keep things going.
Loula Grace Erdman
#26. When you write things down, you commit to doing them. If you simply tell me what you want to do, there is really no commitment to getting it done.
David Cottrell
#27. People always tell me, 'Don't work so much', but I can't help it. I feel like all the things I've done are important to get to this adult stage and now I'm getting all these adult offers, so it's working.
Kirsten Dunst
#28. When a second finger joins the party, his brows draw together. Beads of sweat break out on his forehead. Mine, too. Loosening him up is one of the hottest things I've ever done. It takes all my concentration. Stroking, teasing, twisting, getting him ready for me.
Sarina Bowen
#29. We used to be a nation that celebrated people who got things done. Now we celebrate people who stop things getting done.
George F. Will
#30. Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.
Martha Beck
#31. I didn't feel sad or happy. I didn't feel proud or ashamed. I only felt that in spite of all the things I'd done wrong, in getting myself here, I'd done right.
Cheryl Strayed
#32. The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.
Simon Sinek
#33. The definition of being committed is getting things done with absolutely no excuse, with an unshakeable and undeniable passion and with an uncompromised integrity.
Farshad Asl
#34. It takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done in advance. I had to sacrifice things, like a social life, to be a skater at 15. But I loved skating so much that it was worth everything to me.
Vera Wang
#35. Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done.
Timothy Geithner
#36. If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.
Toni Morrison
#37. You ... can ride a bike, can't you?"
"Sure I can," I said, getting onto one of the squeaky things. "At least I used to be able to. Haven't done it in years, but it's like riding a bike, right?"
"Technically, yes.
Brandon Sanderson
#38. Working with a lot of people at the same time is a task. I really like making stuff and getting stuff done. One of the things I really liked about Facebook was that I could always move so quickly. I wrote the original application in, like, nine days at the end of January.
Mark Zuckerberg
#39. Connecting with people, getting things done - that's what makes the travel worthwhile.
Tim Finchem
#40. My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done.
Buck Owens
#41. In high school, I was on the youth advisory council for the Mayor's Office of Los Angeles, and that was kind of my first experience in the bureaucratic system. We tried to get things done, and nobody was really interested in getting anything done.
Rashida Jones
#42. To crank up a noisy bad stance out in a place like San Francisco and start yelling about "getting things done in Washington" is like sitting far back in the end zone seats at the Super Bowl and screaming at the Miami linebackers "Stop Duane Thomas!
Hunter S. Thompson
#43. I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things and not getting work done, and it's not just a question of having hours at the desk.
Kate Thompson
#44. The older I get, I'm definitely getting pulled towards the West Coast, because it's a different quality of life. New York is great when you're in your early 20s and you're running around and it's really fun, but it's a place for me to get things done.
Erin Wasson
#45. The trick to getting things done is to list things to do in doable order.
Robert Breault
#46. The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone
Oswald Chambers
#47. Did you ever think you had all the answers when you were in the thick of something, but then when you take a step back, you realize you were so busy getting things done that you never stopped to ask yourself if it's what you really want to do?
Jana Deleon
#48. More important than efficiency is effectiveness - getting the right things done. In other words, productivity is not first about getting more things done faster. It's about getting the right things done.
Matt Perman
#49. I have a plan, and I'm following it. I can focus on doing what is within my control, and I don't need to be afraid of the results.
Elizabeth Grace Saunders
#50. I actually prefer getting into roles that are the polar opposite of me; that's why I've done so many dark and dreary things.
Lauren Lee Smith
#51. Part of the writer's task is to recognize what he's done, then dive back in and make the connections clearer. I'm a strong believer in getting things right the ninth or tenth time.
David Lubar
#52. I think public service is a calling and you do it as long as the things that brought you into the office can continue getting you up in the morning and as long as there's still work to get done.
Anthony Foxx
#53. 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
#54. I think that there's a tendency in this town to try to selectively pick snapshots when the broader reality is that we have a record of results and that we're getting things done for the American people.
Scott McClellan
#55. Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.
Christine Quinn
#56. Some people criticize the faithful for getting involved in politics, but it's important to remember that down through the centuries, people motivated by their faith have done many important things. Martin Luther King Jr. - motivated by his faith - brought about an end to segregation in our country.
Frank Wolf
#57. Finished crap can be edited. Unfinished greatness languishes forever. The only bad writing is the thing you didn't write!
Margarita Gakis
#58. I love pampering myself, so going for a massage or getting a mani-pedi makes me feel instantly better. When my nails are done I feel so much better - it's the little things that make me so happy, and you literally feel polished.
Jessica Lowndes
#59. Getting things done is not always about managing time; It is about finding that magical time of the day when you work at your best level
Vivek Naik
#60. I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was 23 and the way I handled that.
Steve Jobs
#61. It's always exciting to be a part of the development and creative process, and I hope to continue to do it. I feel like, especially in the comedic world, it's how things have to be done. You have to be a part of the motivating factor of getting the movie made. It's so hard.
Anna Faris
#62. Getting to be involved with fashion is one of the coolest things I've done.
Bethany Cosentino
#63. In order to be a winner, you have to look for ways of getting things done and not for reasons why things can't be done. People who live with excuses have things that can't be done hovering around them all the time.
Mike Krzyzewski
#64. The more time you have to do things, the less you are able to get done.
Joyce Rachelle
#65. I've always kept my overhead low so I could do whatever I want. I think of myself as lazy with spurts of getting a lot done. I find myself rooting against things sometimes because I get excited at the thought of a clean slate.
Sarah Silverman
#66. 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.
Charles R. Schwab
#67. I've always done more than I ever thought I would. Becoming a professor - I never would have imagined that. Writing books - I never would have imagined that. Getting a Ph.D. - I'm not sure I would even have imagined that. I've lived my life a step at a time. Things sort of happened.
Drew Gilpin Faust
#68. Of months, he began encouraging people to talk to me, even foes and former girlfriends. Nor did he try to put anything off-limits. "I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was twenty-three and the way I handled that," he said. "But I don't have any
Walter Isaacson
#69. Power is just using energy in a wise way to get things done. Power has been misinterpreted to mean getting my way on the backs of other people. Getting whatever I want, forgetting that there are other beings and species and energies involved.
Elizabeth Lesser
#70. The conservative Republican governors tend to be more oriented toward trying to work with Democrats and getting things done.
William J. Clinton
#71. We are about getting things done. We are not about the blame game. We are not about making excuses.
Tony Abbott
#72. Busyness is not a reason for not getting other things done. It is an excuse for not claiming your true priorities.
Alan Cohen
#73. When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.
Colleen Barrett
#74. Vision is about more than just getting things done, accomplishing some task, achieving something; it is about discovering and expanding our view of others, affirming them, believing in them, and helping them discover and realize the potential within them-helping them find their own voice.
Stephen Covey
#75. Our responsibility in life is not to lie around and wait for things to happen. Our responsibility in life is to work. Life is getting out and getting things done. When people say they're over-the-hill at age 50, I don't understand it.
Herschel Walker
#76. There are bad things in the world. There's no getting away from that. But that doesn't mean nothing can be done about them. You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because sometimes you get hurt.
Jim Butcher
#77. I only felt that in spite of all the things I'd done wrong, in getting myself here, I'd done right. I
Cheryl Strayed
#78. A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
#79. The American: a titan enamored of progress, a fanatical giant who worships "getting things done" but never asks himself what he is doing nor why he is doing it.
Octavio Paz
#80. Secret to Productivity is single tasking: Focus only on one task at hand. And don't start another till that one is completely done
Vivek Naik
#81. noon. Having all the time in the world makes getting things done impossible. I've earned a rest; I've worked without breaks since
Erika Swyler
#82. Power is getting things done without having to demonstrate that you can bulldoze it through. I'm most effective when I've studied an issue, when I can make a credible argument, and then bring people along.
Donna Edwards
#83. As a reformed procrastinator, I'm now getting things done in the first 10 seconds of the last minute.
Stewart Lee Beck
#84. While others were dreaming about it - I was getting it done.
Nathan W. Morris
#85. People who are checking things off the list all the time might look like they're getting stuff done," he said, "but they're not getting the big stuff done.
Anonymous
#86. Beside the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone.
Lin Yu Tang
#87. Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done.
That would be you.
Seth Godin
#88. Having all the time in the world makes getting things done impossible.
Erika Swyler
#89. Self-will and prayer are both ways of getting things done. At the center of self-will is me, carving a world in my image, but at the center of prayer is God, carving me in his Son's image.
Paul E. Miller
#90. Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Things have been done the hard way. I think you learn better when things are done the hard way.
John Elway
#91. Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I'm a product of nepotism. The doors were open to me. I'd done several movies before I decided what I wanted to do.
Jeff Bridges
#92. FEAR is "False Expectation Appearing Real". It creates dangers where there are none and holds you back from getting things done.
R.v.m.
#93. I learned to read at a young age and I have always read voraciously. It is one of the few things, aside from getting fucked up and getting in trouble, that I have done consistently throughout my entire life.
James Frey
#94. I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go out and party. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs and I'm not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work.
Henry Rollins
#95. Doing a huge number of things doesn't mean you're getting anything meaningful done.
Leo Babauta
#96. I think President Obama has always been a little bit underestimated. Some of the things he's done with foreign policy have been unassailable. Getting us out of Iraq, killing Osama Bin Laden.
Willie Geist
#97. I don't have regret about things I've done that are successful or not successful or what people perceive or don't know or whatever. I just know for me it had to be the right choice at the time. Sometimes that choice is just about getting a job.
Mark Harmon
#98. People who don't do jazz think it's black magic. But really, it's just a matter of getting used to it. It's fun to gamble. The trick is not to fall back on the things you've done before.
Andre Previn
#99. Just thinking of all the things I'd done getting there and everything I've sacrificed to do so. But what's happening now makes it worth it.
Emeli Sande
#100. My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.
James Cash Penney
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