Getting Things Done Quotes

The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.

Connecting with people, getting things done – that’s what makes the travel worthwhile.

We are what weВ do.
Excellence, therefore,В is not an act, В but aВ habit.

I’m dealing with my drinking problem and I have a reputation for getting things done.

All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone.

Leadership is not always about getting things done ‘right.’ Leadership is about getting things done through other people.

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.

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

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.

Being an activist is about getting things done. It’s not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

My engineering training taught me to be a systems thinker. I looked at companies as “systems” and saw work as a system of tasks – that needed to be reengineered. I was also focused on operations, getting things done and built. My engineering training taught me to be a pragmatist.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

actions speak louder than words