Productive Life Quotes

• Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

  Peter Drucker

  Procrastination, Government, Productive Work

  Peter Drucker (2013). “Managing for the Future”, p.156, Routledge

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  Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

  Francis of Assisi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  President Gellhaus’ Speech, annualmeeting.acog.org. 2016.

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• The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.

  Thomas Sowell

  Procrastination, Productive Work, People

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Controversial Essays”, p.319, Hoover Press

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• Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

  Stephen King

  Inspirational, Writing, Procrastination

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• Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough

  Donald Trump

  Winning, Walking Away, Knowing

  Twitter post from Oct 9, 2014

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• Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.

  Donald Trump

  Moving On, Success, Giving Up

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• Attitude is an important part of the foundation upon which we build a productive life. A good attitude produces good results, a fair attitude poor results, a poor attitude poor results. We each shape our own life, and the shape of it is determined largely by our attitude.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Inspirational, Life, Attitude

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• Individuals who deliberately decide not to take offense lead happier, more productive lives.

  Lloyd D. Newell

  Attitude, Individual, Offense

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• The purpose of arts education is not to produce more artists, though that is a byproduct. The real purpose of arts education is to create complete human beings capable of leading successful and productive lives in a free society.

  Dana Gioia

  Art, Real, Successful

  Commencement speech, Stanford University, June 17, 2007.

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• Psychology, unlike chemistry, unlike algebra, unlike literature, is an owner's manual for your own mind. It's a guide to life. What could be more important than grounding young people in the scientific information that they need to live happy, healthy, productive lives? To have good relationships?

  Daniel Goldstein

  Good Relationship, People, Healthy

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• Our society has changed in unforeseeable ways since Social Security was created. For example, we are living longer, healthier, and more productive lives and while this is all great news, this has also placed added pressure on America's retirement system.

  Norm Coleman

  Retirement, America, Our Society

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• An army is a diversion of energy from the productive life of a nation.

  Isabel Paterson

  Army, Energy, Diversion

  Isabel Paterson (1993). “God of the Machine”, p.30, Transaction Publishers

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• Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives.

  Liya Kebede

  Mother, Children, School

  "Mother’s Day Mission: Help Reduce Maternal Mortality in the Developing World" by Liya Kebede, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 7, 2010.

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• Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist - these are the attributes that get people in the door and on the job, and lead to productive lives.

  James Heckman

  Jobs, Doors, Self

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• Software is usually expected to be modified over the course of its productive life. The process of converting one correct program into a different correct program is extremely challenging.

  Douglas Crockford

  Challenges, Different, Program

  Douglas Crockford (2008). “JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts”, p.94, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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• Across the globe, regardless of nationality or financial status, there is a common dream every mother has for her children - for them to live full, healthy and productive lives. As a mother, I share that dream for my children.

  Sylvia Mathews Burwell

  Mother, Dream, Children

  "Helping Women Achieve a Common Dream" by Sylvia Mathews Burwell, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 11, 2012.

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• A healthier, less impoverished planet is good for all of us. From an economic standpoint, it allows people to contribute more to the marketplace and lead productive lives. U.S. foreign assistance opens new markets to U.S. goods and services and creates new trading partners and allies.

  Mike Huckabee

  People, Allies, Poverty

  "Why foreign aid still makes sense" by Mike Huckabee and Blanche Lincoln, www.politico.com. October 22, 2012.

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• Having a better and more productive life than my monster father has been my most significant accomplishment.

  Stephen Hunter

  Father, Accomplishment, Monsters

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• I've had a very productive life. I've worked very hard, I've never fallen prey to depression. I'm not sure I could have done all of that without being in psychoanalysis.

  Woody Allen

  Done, Prey, Fallen

  "In Conversation: Woody Allen". Interview with Adam Moss, nymag.com. September 28, 2008.

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• How can such episodes of such savage cruelty happen? The heart of man is an abyss out of which sometimes emerge plots of unspeakable ferocity capable of overturning in an instant the tranquil and productive life of a people.

  Pope John Paul II

  Heart, Men, People

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• Over the course of my life I've had more than my fair share of romantic relationships with wonderful women, many moved on to live happy, healthy, and productive lives, and I'm pleased to say remain dear friends today. Sadly, there are a few who have chosen to rewrite history in an attempt to stay in the spotlight. I guess, as the old saying goes: You can't win 'em all!

  Hugh Hefner

  Life, Winning, Healthy

  "Hugh Hefner Says Ex Holly Madison Has 'Chosen to Rewrite History to Stay in the Spotlight'" by Sierra Marquina, www.usmagazine.com. June 21, 2015.

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• If we went by the world's definition of who I'm supposed to be because I look weird 'Well, surely, this guy can't have a productive life, surely, he doesn't have a sense of humor. Surely, he can't love life.' We stereotype people in this world. And so if the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.

  Nick Vujicic

  Lying, Love Life, Thinking

  "Born Without Limbs, Refusing Limitations" by Bob Brown, abcnews.go.com. March 27, 2008.

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• But we have not used our waters well. Our major rivers are defiled by noxious debris. Pollutants from cities and industries kill the fish in our streams. Many waterways are covered with oil slicks and contain growths of algae that destroy productive life and make the water unfit for recreation. "Polluted Water-No Swimming" has become a familiar sign on too many beaches and rivers. A lake that has served many generations of men now can be destroyed by man in less than one generation.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Beach, Swimming, Men

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• Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives.

  Lester Bangs

  Business, Men, Organization

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• By preventing pneumonia and other diseases, we are giving men, women and children the chance to live healthy productive lives and participate in the global economy. In doing so, we are not only enhancing their futures - we are enhancing our own.

  Mandy Moore

  Children, Men, Pneumonia

  "Remembering the Forgotten Killer" by Mandy Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 11, 2011.

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