"Few people take objectives really seriously. They put average effort into too many things, rather than superior thought and effort into a few important things. People who achieve the most are selective as well as determined."

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Source : Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.127, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Richard Koch

#Motivational Quotes #Average Quotes #People Quotes

“You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.”
“Establish a place of work where engineers can feel the joy of technological innovation, be aware of their mission to society and work to their heart's content.”

Source : "Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning". Book by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (p. 57), 2004.
“Florence and art is something that is part of my life and is part of myself.”
“I am in Love with Love and Love is in love with me. My body is in Love with the soul and the soul is in Love with my body. I opened my arms to Love and Love embraced me like a lover.”
“Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.”

Source : Ian Fleming (1961). “gilt-edged bonds”
“Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room; And hermits are contented with their cells.”
“I grew up a Catholic and I dont want to talk badly about the Catholic Church but theres a lot of routine stuff going on. You say the same prayers, you sit, you kneel, whatever.”
“Many of the Latter-day Saints have surrendered their independence; they have surrendered their free thought, politically, and we have got to get back to where we are not surrendering the right. We must stay with the right and if we do so God will bless us.”

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