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• Vision w/o execution is just hallucination. You need the right combination of visionary + team that can execute

  Walter Isaacson

  Team, Vision, Needs

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• But fortunately for us and for all men, it has not been given unto us to judge, nor to execute, nor to measure out the days and the years of men. We may be most grateful that such matters belong to the Lord God our Father, who sees things past and things to come. And, we may be grateful for the assurance that there is plan and purpose in this world, and in our own lives.

  Richard L. Evans

  Life, Father, Grateful

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• If the practices and processes inside a company don't drive the execution of values, then people don't get it. The question is, do you create a culture of behavior and action that really demonstrates those values and a reward system for those who adhere to them?

  Lou Gerstner

  Leadership, Practice, People

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• I go to the chair of government with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.

  George Washington

  Government, Feelings, Presidents Day

  George Washington, Dorothy Twohig, William Wright Abbot (1987). “The Papers of George Washington: April-June 1789”

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• Such an executive officer the sun never shone on. I have but to show him my design, and I know that it can be done, it will be done...Straight as the needle to the pole he advanced to the execution of my purpose.

  Robert E. Lee

  War, Design, Sun

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• The most important rule is to formulate, clearly and precisely, the goal to be reached, and then to retain it unswervingly in mind throughout all the stages of the execution, which are often long and complex.

  Roberto Assagioli

  Long, Goal, Achievement

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• Dress your best on your execution day. Be extremely courteous to your assistant when you lose money. Try not to blame others for your fate, even if they deserve blame. Never exhibit any self-pity. Do not complain.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Adversity, Fate, Self

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• Genuine magic demands on perfect simplicity of execution.

  Jean Hugard

  Perfect, Simplicity, Magic

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• The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Art, Design, Spirit

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• Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea.

  Sam Altman

  Ideas, Important, Harder

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• The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default. Instead of making choices reactively, the Essentialist deliberately distinguishes the vital few from the trivial many, eliminates the non-essentials, and then removes obstacles so the essential things have clear, smooth passage. In other words, Essentialism is a disciplined, systematic approach for determining where our highest point of contribution lies, then making execution of those things almost effortless.

  Greg McKeown

  Lying, Mean, Choices

  "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less". Book by Greg McKeown, April 17, 2014.

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• There's no shortage of great ideas. There's a shortage of execution.

  Seth Godin

  Ideas, Great Idea, Shortage

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• When a daring idea first crosses one's mind, if it is to be realized in the future it is often appealing. Then, as the time for its execution comes nearer, one begins to dread that which had once been anticipated.

  Cynthia Voigt

  Ideas, Mind, Firsts

  Cynthia Voigt (2013). “The Callender Papers”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• Building software implies various stages of planning, preparation and execution that vary in kind and degree depending on what's being built. [...]
  Building a four-foot tower requires a steady hand, a level surface, and 10 undamaged beer cans. Building a tower 100 times that size doesn't merely require 100 times as many beer cans.

  Steve McConnell

  Beer, Hands, Feet

  Steve McConnell (2004). “Code Complete”, p.16, Pearson Education

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• Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recourse against randomness is how you act - if you can't control outcomes, you can control the elegance of your behaviour. You will always have the last word.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Behaviour, Outcomes, Lasts

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• On Tuesday, the so-called Islamic State released a slickly produced video showing a Jordanian pilot being burned alive in a steel cage. On Wednesday, the United Nations issued a report detailing various 'mass executions of boys, as well as reports of beheadings, crucifixions of children, and burying children alive' at the hands of the Islamic State.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Children, Islamic, Boys

  "Obama's Comparison of Christianity to Radical Islam Defies Logic" by Jonah Goldberg, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 6, 2015.

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• Information without execution is poverty.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Information, Poverty

  Tony Robbins (2014). “MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• Execution will trump knowledge every day of the week.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Week, Trump

  Tony Robbins (2014). “MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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• As the warden of San Quentin, I presided over four executions. After each one, someone on the staff would ask, 'Is the world safer because of what we did tonight?' We knew the answer: No.

  Jeanne Woodford

  Tonight, Answers, World

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• History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected by joining in societies and establishing government; their industry encouraged and rewarded, arts invented, and life made more comfortable; the advantages of liberty, mischiefs of licentiousness, benefits arising from good laws and a due execution of justice. Thus may the first principles of sound politics be fixed in the minds of youth.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Education, Art, Men

  Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson (2003). “A Benjamin Franklin Reader”, p.144, Simon and Schuster

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• A solemn day. Barring a stay by Sup Ct, & with my final nod, Utah will use most extreme power & execute a killer. Mourn his victims. Justice.

  Mark Shurtleff

  Utah, Html, Justice

  Mark L. Shurtleff ‏ @MarkShurtleff, twitter.com. June 18, 2010.

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• Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential.

  Eric Burns

  Greatness, Raw Talent, Potential For Greatness

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• Conscience is a just but weak judge. Weakness leaves it powerless to execute its judgment.

  Khalil Gibran

  Judging, Weakness, Judgment

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• Every citizen of the republic ought to consider himself an unofficial policeman, and keep unsalaried watch and ward over the laws and their execution.

  Mark Twain

  Law, Watches, Citizens

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.47, Courier Corporation

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• As I presided over Massie's execution, I thought about the abuse and neglect he endured as a child in the foster care system. We failed to keep him safe, and our failure contributed to who he was as an adult. Instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars to kill him, what if we spent that money on other foster children so that we stop producing men like Massie in the first place?

  Jeanne Woodford

  Children, Men, What If

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