Quotes about Efficiency

The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover that portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference.

When we waste our time, our time wastes us.

We have to learn to do more ministry with less money.

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete.

There is only one condition in which we can imagine managers not needing subordinates, and masters not needing slaves. This condition would be that each instrument could do its own work, at the word of command or by intelligent anticipation, like the statues of Daedalus or the tripods made by Hephaestus, of which Homer relates that Of their own motion they entered the conclave of Gods on Olympus, as if a shuttle should weave of itself, and a plectrum should do its own harp playing.

The simplest solution is always best.

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.

I believe in lower taxes. I believe in more efficient government. I believe in reducing bureaucracy. I believe that we shouldn't have lobbyists who can go in or former government workers who can come back and lobby.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

People pulling 16-hour days on a regular basis are exhausted. They're just too tired to notice that their work has suffered because of it.