97 Motivational Quotes on Effectiveness (EFFICIENCY)

Top 10 Most Famous Quotes on Effectiveness (BEST)

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things. - Peter F. Drucker — Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things. – **Peter F. Drucker**

To increase your effectiveness, make your emotions subordinate to your commitments. - Brian Koslow — To increase your effectiveness, make your **emotions** subordinate to your **commitments**. – Brian Koslow

The most effective way to do it, is to do it. - Amelia Earhart — The most effective way to do it, is to do it. – **Amelia Earhart**

If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster. - Stephen Covey — If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster. – **Stephen Covey**

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. - Henry David Thoreau — There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. – **Henry David Thoreau**

I learned that one can never go back, that one should not ever try to go back, that the essence of life is going forward. Life is really a one-way street. - Agatha Christie — I learned that one can never go back, that one should not ever try to go back, that the essence of **life** is going forward. Life is really a one-way street. – **Agatha Christie**

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie — Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. – **Dale Carnegie**

Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. - Stephen Covey — Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. – Stephen Covey

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. - Bill Gates — It’s fine to celebrate **success** but it is more important to heed the lessons of **failure**. – **Bill Gates**

Don’t worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth. - Dorothy Day — Don’t worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the **truth**. – Dorothy Day

20 Thought-Provoking Quotes on Effectiveness

“If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent.”
Ralph Marston

Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principles of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration. - Peter Drucker — **Concentration** is the key to economic results. No other principles of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration. – Peter Drucker

It is together that we will be able to save our biodiversity. This is a principle of effectiveness. But it is also a principle of humility; none of us can act alone. - Albert II, Prince of Monaco — It is together that we will be able to save our biodiversity. This is a principle of effectiveness. But it is also a principle of **humility**; none of us can act alone. – Albert II, Prince of Monaco

“Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.”
Tim Ferriss

While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people. - Stephen R. Covey — While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with **time**, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people. – Stephen R. Covey

Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness. - Billy Corgan — **Calm**, open debate, and logical thought drive **strength** to its maximum effectiveness. – Billy Corgan

“Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness and trust-based relationships.”
Stephen Covey

Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die. - Margaret J. Wheatley — Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die. – Margaret J. Wheatley

Learning is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process. - Kurt Lewin — **Learning** is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process. – Kurt Lewin

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do. - Seth Godin — You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do. – **Seth Godin**

If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it. - Criss Jami — If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they **love** it and not love that they hate it. – **Criss Jami**

To be productive, effective and to live a life of understanding and wisdom is not to waste time. - Sunday Adelaja — To be **productive**, effective and to live a life of understanding and **wisdom** is not to waste time. – Sunday Adelaja

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. - Alexander Graham Bell — Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a **focus**. – **Alexander Graham Bell**

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. - Calvin Coolidge — We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. – **Calvin Coolidge**

Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of your journey. - Jennifer James — Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of your **journey**. – Jennifer James

It’s not always that we need to do more but rather that we need to focus on less. - Nathan W. Morris — It’s not always that we need to do more but rather that we need to focus on less. – Nathan W. Morris

My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do. - Francine Jay — My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do. – Francine Jay

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. - William Hazlitt — We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. – William Hazlitt

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently. - Warren Buffett — It takes 20 years to build a **reputation** and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently. – **Warren Buffett**

Seeing what is not effective is effective for understanding what is effective. - Robert Venturi — Seeing what is not effective is effective for understanding what is effective. – Robert Venturi

15 Wise Quotes on Personal Effectiveness

“Basically, you can live your life in one of two ways. You can let your brain run you the way it has in the past. You can let it flash any picture or sound or feeling, and you can respond automatically on cue, like a Pavlovian dog responding to a bell. Or you can choose to consciously run your brain yourself. You can implant the cues you want. You can take bad experiences and sap them of their strength and power. You can represent them to yourself in a way that no longer overpowers you, a way that “cuts them down” to a size where you know you can effectively handle things.”
Tony Robbins

To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world — that I am able to change it in positive ways. - Maxine Hong Kingston — To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world — that I am able to **change** it in positive ways. – Maxine Hong Kingston

To accomplish more, redirect your mental energy by continuously reminding yourself of all the things you do right. - Brian Koslow — To **accomplish** more, redirect your mental energy by continuously reminding yourself of all the things you do right. – Brian Koslow

Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them. - Rick Warren — Life is a series of problem-solving **opportunities**. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them. – **Rick Warren**

I'm working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life. - Ayn Rand — I’m working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life. – **Ayn Rand**

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. - Peter Drucker — Follow effective **action** with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. – Peter Drucker

Do what you want that works. - Toba Beta — Do what you want that works. – Toba Beta

Time utilization and effectiveness is a major marker for success. - Sunday Adelaja — Time utilization and effectiveness is a major marker for success. – Sunday Adelaja

To be effective without being efficient is to be on a path to ruin. To be efficient without being effective to be very good at aimless wandering. - Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr. — To be effective without being efficient is to be on a path to ruin. To be efficient without being effective to be very good at aimless wandering. – Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. - George Bernard Shaw — The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. – **George Bernard Shaw**

The fastest way to succeed is to double your failure rate. - Thomas J. Watson — The fastest way to succeed is to double your failure rate. – Thomas J. Watson

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time. - Anna Freud — I was always looking outside myself for strength and **confidence** but it comes from within. It is there all the time. – Anna Freud

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. - Albert Einstein — Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. – **Albert Einstein**

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - Walt Disney — The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – **Walt Disney**

Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else. - Peter Drucker — Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else. – Peter Drucker

3 Quotes on Team Effectiveness

“Collaboration is important not just because it’s a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy.”
Don Tapscott

The thing I'm most focused on today is, how am I maximizing the effectiveness of the leadership team, and what am I doing to nurture it - Satya Nadella — The thing I’m most focused on today is, how am I maximizing the effectiveness of the **leadership** team, and what am I doing to nurture it? – Satya Nadella

An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. - Jack Welch — An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate **competitive** advantage. – **Jack Welch**

10 Quotes on Managerial Effectiveness

“It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.”
Samuel Smiles

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. - Stephen Covey — Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. – Stephen Covey

Growing, for leaders, is like oxygen to a deep sea diver. Without learning and growing, leaders die in terms of their effectiveness. - Ken Blanchard — Growing, for leaders, is like oxygen to a deep sea diver. Without learning and growing, leaders die in terms of their effectiveness. – Ken Blanchard

“Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organization not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.”
Robin S. Sharma

To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately. - Russell L. Ackoff — To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately. – Russell L. Ackoff

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. - Peter Drucker — Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. – Peter Drucker

“As a leader, you must consistently drive effective communication. Meetings must be deliberate and intentional – your organizational rhythm should value purpose over habit and effectiveness over efficiency.”
Chris Fussell

If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time. - Peter Drucker — If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time. – Peter Drucker

Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition. - Henry Mintzberg — Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition. – Henry Mintzberg

Physical and psychological spaces of an organization work in tandem to define the effectiveness of the people within it. - Tim Brown — Physical and psychological spaces of an organization work in tandem to define the effectiveness of the people within it. – Tim Brown

7 Quotes on Work Effectiveness

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
Steve Jobs

Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn’t mean mattered. - Seth Godin — Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn’t mean mattered. – Seth Godin

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions. - Andre Maurois — The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions. – Andre Maurois

There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness. - Michael Porter — There’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness. – Michael Porter

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. - Aristotle — Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. – **Aristotle**

Our work activities are perhaps most interesting when the element of competition is present. - Ralph Alfred Habas — Our work activities are perhaps most interesting when the element of competition is present. – Ralph Alfred Habas

The best work never was and never will be done for money. - John Ruskin — The best work never was and never will be done for **money**. – **John Ruskin**

5 Quotes on Effectiveness in Education

“The unit of effectiveness of education is not the individual but the group. An individual’s moral values are primarily important for society as they contribute to a moral social climate, not as they induce particular pieces of behavior.”
Lawrence Kohlberg

If you improve a teacher's self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum. - Elaine MacDonald — If you improve a **teacher**‘s self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher’s overall effectiveness across the curriculum. – Elaine MacDonald

“There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.”
Adam Braun

“Teaching is hard. It takes a lot of skill. Not everyone who tries can do it well. We need to admit that and act accordingly. We should reward and respect great teachers by paying them more, and we should stop rewarding seniority over effectiveness.”
Betsy DeVos

“The main difference in the effectiveness of teaching comes from the thoughts the teacher has had during the entire time of his or her existence and brings into the classroom. A teacher concerned with developing humans affects the students quite differently from a teacher who never thinks about such things.”
Rudolf Steiner

7 Quotes on Effectiveness in Governance

“The functions of the president are prescribed by the Constitution, but his real achievements are not set by the letter of the law. They are determined rather by his personality, the weight of his influence, his capacity for managing men, and the strength and effectiveness of the party forces behind him.”
Charles A. Beard

My effectiveness is best placed in solving problems through federal solutions. - George Nethercutt — My effectiveness is best placed in solving problems through federal solutions. – George Nethercutt

“In poor countries, we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services. They are the crucial link bringing tools such as vaccines and education to the people who need them most. How well trained are they? Are they showing up to work?”
Bill Gates

“Republicans are pushing legislation forward that will improve the effectiveness of and bring more accountability to U.S. foreign assistance around the world and bring democracy even further into the light.”
Virginia Foxx

Lincoln said that the Patent Office adds the flame of interest to the light of creativity. And that is why we need to improve the effectiveness of our Patent Office. - Jay Inslee — **Lincoln** said that the Patent Office adds the flame of interest to the light of **creativity**. And that is why we need to improve the effectiveness of our Patent Office. – Jay Inslee

“You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives.”
William Hague

“An honest politician has no goodies to toss around. This limits his effectiveness profoundly, because political power in India is dispersed throughout a multi-tiered federal structure; a local official who has not been paid off can sometimes stop a billion-dollar project.”
Aravind Adiga

7 Quotes on Effectiveness in Business

“The effectiveness of advertising depends on the amount and kind of product information available to consumers. Advertising will be more successful the more impoverished the consumer’s information environment.”
Michael Schudson

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence. - Marvin Bower — A **business** of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence. – Marvin Bower

The trust institutions have in the marketplace, the confidence customers and suppliers and workers and employees have, are very important to a business's effectiveness. - Janet Yellen — The **trust** institutions have in the marketplace, the confidence customers and suppliers and workers and employees have, are very important to a business’s effectiveness. – Janet Yellen

“The principal role of a logo is to identify, and simplicity is its means. Its effectiveness depends on distinctiveness, visibility, adaptability, memorability, universality, and timelessness.”
Paul Rand

To hedge effectively, you have to reject the silo mentality and instead embrace the systems thinking mentality. - Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr. — To hedge effectively, you have to reject the silo mentality and instead embrace the systems thinking mentality. – Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

Effectiveness is about asking the questions, what do we want our business to be great at And what is the best way to achieve the results we desire - Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr. — Effectiveness is about asking the questions, what do we want our business to be great at? And what is the best way to achieve the results we desire? – Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

A business can drift aimlessly if it is efficient but not effective. A business can lose money excessively if it is effective but not efficient. - Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr. — A business can drift aimlessly if it is efficient but not effective. A business can lose money excessively if it is effective but not efficient. – Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

13 Quotes on Effectiveness That Will Make You Think

“CCTV is seen either as a symbol of Orwellian dystopia or a technology that will lead to crime-free streets and civil behaviour. While arguments continue, there is very little solid data in the public domain about the costs, quantity and effectiveness of surveillance.”
Heather Brooke