Urgency Quotes

• Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Good Life, Greatness

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 16, 2017

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• I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Success requires both urgency and patience. Be urgent about making the effort, and patient about seeing the results.

  Ralph Marston

  Effort, Patient, Results

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• We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Climate, Breaking Silence, Today

  Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence, Delivered 4 April 1967, Riverside Church, New York City

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• You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Moving

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• A goal or decision without a deadline has no urgency. It has no real beginning or end.

  Brian Tracy

  Real, Goal, Decision

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Eat that Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time”, p.3, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there "is" such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and postive action.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Motivational, Today, Complacency

  "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence". Speech at Riverside Church in New York City, April 4, 1967.

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• Move fast. A sense of urgency is the one thing you can develop that will separate you from everyone else. When you get a good idea, do it now.

  Brian Tracy

  Moving, Ideas, One Thing

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• Being willing is not enough. We must do.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• You don't have as much time as you think you do. You got to operate like there's a sense of urgency!

  Eric Thomas

  Thinking, Sense Of Urgency

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• A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.

  John P. Kotter

  Mean, Anxiety, Doe

  John P. Kotter (2013). “Leading Change, With a New Preface by the Author”, p.130, Harvard Business Press

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• Though we are optimistic, we must remain vigilant and maintain a sense of urgency.

  Jeff Bezos

  Optimistic, Vigilant, Sense Of Urgency

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• Whatever your goal in life, unless you develop a great urgency, what could be near will be far away.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Love, Life, Goal

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• When you love people, you give them a priority. You have a sense of urgency about their pain.

  Cornel West

  Pain, People, Giving

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  People, Growth, Problem

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• When we fight upstream against a rocky undercurrent, every foothold takes on a kind of urgency.

  Arthur Golden

  Fighting, Kind

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• To the extent I can, I try to maintain a laser focus on what needs to get done from a priority standpoint. And not just from an urgency standpoint, but from a value-added standpoint. So where can I add the most value? Where is my time best spent?

  Ivanka Trump

  Focus, Priorities, Trying

  "Ivanka Trump describes her life as the daughter of a potential US president, running the Trump empire, and building her own brand". Interview with Rachel Gillett, www.businessinsider.com. March 17, 2016.

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• Politics is the science of urgencies.

  Theodore Parker

  Politics, Politician

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• Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Goals And Achievement, Dreams And Goals, Achieving Your Goals

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• The sense of urgency has almost completely vanished.

  Cleve Jones

  Sense Of Urgency

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• We live in an almost perfect stillness and work with incredible urgency.

  Rem Koolhaas

  Almost Perfect, Incredibles, Stillness

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• We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.

  Les Brown

  Live Life, Minutes, Sense Of Urgency

  Les Brown (1998). “It's Not Over Until You Win: How to Become the Person You Always Wanted to Be No Matter What the Obstacle”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• I wasn't at all focused on school, and I didn't achieve much. But I've got a sense of urgency now. I feel I can't let any more time waste away.

  Robert Pattinson

  School, Waste, Wasting Time

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

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• There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Apathy, Too Late, Complacency

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• I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We realize how old we are, we realize we've been playing this game for a long time, but you know what? We're not done yet.

  Karl Malone

  Thinking, Games, Long

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