52 quotes found
“It [money] doesn't have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person. It doesn't. What matters is what you make. Whether it's a cake for bingo night or a costume for a saint or a ...”
“Poor kids, through no fault of their own, are less prepared by their families, their schools, and their communities to develop their God-given talents as fully as rich kids. For economic productivi...”
“What constitutes worth? In short, I would say the valuable attributes you have in relation to how you can productively use them... All attributes have value, but they have worth if they are used pr...”
“My whole thing was, if I can put in 5 percent of the effort of somebody getting an A, and I can get a C minus, thats amazing, he explains. Its certainly good enough, right? [Then] I can take the ot...”
“I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.”
“A Serving Leader who creates a powerful churn of productivity needs a team that can put itself at the service of others.”
“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.”
“Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.”
“Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law”
“Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest.”
“You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of the right action steps have been taken, some situation will have been created that matches your initial p...”
“When we truly need to do is often what we most feel like avoiding.”
“If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.”
“There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through.”
“Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the deskscutting loose debris that's impeding forward motion.”
“I do believe that simplicity is a hallmark of maturity. But I do not believe that simplicity is necessarily a first step. Often, we must learn a depth of complexity before a beautiful simplicity bl...”
“find the lead domino, and whack away at it until it falls.”
“Your Brain is for having ideas not storing them.”
“there is rapidly developing a soil shortage on your planet. That is, you are running out of good soil in which to grow your food. This is because soil needs time to reconstitute itself, and your co...”
“...I conducted a number of experiments to get in touch with my future self. Here are my favorite ”
