Getting Things Done Quotes

• If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 02, 2017

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• 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.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, New Beginnings

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• What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Life Changing

  FaceBook post by Gretchen Rubin from Sep 08, 2015

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• Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started.

  David Allen

  Life, Motivational, Happiness

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• The secret of getting ahead is getting started

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone.

  Tony Robbins

  Travel, Live Life, Motivational Workout

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• The real world doesn't reward perfectionists. It rewards people who get things done.

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  Real, People, Done

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• We are what we do.
  Excellence, therefore, is not an act,  but a habit.

  Aristotle

  Motivational, Positive, Perseverance

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  No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Jun 03, 2012

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• When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.

  Colleen Barrett

  Work, Memorable, Needs

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• You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

  Alvin Toffler

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Encouraging

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• You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "International Encyclopedia of Prose and Poetical Quotations". Book by William S. Walsh, 1951.

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• Just because you are struggling does NOT mean you are failing. Every great success requires some kind of struggle to get there.

  Nicky Gumbel

  Struggle, Mean, Doe

  Twitter post from Apr 23, 2013

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• The secret of getting things done is to act!

  Dante Alighieri

  Secret Love, Done, Getting High

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• The trick to getting things done is to list things to do in doable order.

  Robert Breault

  Order, Done, Lists

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• you don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.

  Les Brown

  Education, Motivation, Writing

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  If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

  Toni Morrison

  Giving Up, Want, Ifs

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• If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.43, Tuttle Publishing

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

  David Allen

  Doe, Causes

  David Allen (2015). “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”, p.32, Penguin

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• What you do every day matters more than what you do every once in a while. Read The Power of Habit.

  John Spence

  Life Changing, Thinking, Matter

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• Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.

  David Allen

  Time Management, Stuck, Lack Of Time

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• actions speak louder than words

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Inspirational, Suicide, Wisdom

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.659, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.

  A. A. Milne

  Happiness, Being Happy, Appreciation

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  Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

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• If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.

  David Allen

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Encouragement

  Twitter post from Jun 10, 2009

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