Quotes about Effectiveness
No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon.
— Phillips Brooks
The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective.
— Henry David Thoreau
If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two instruments [if] one suffices.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Nature does nothing uselessly.
— Aristotle
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
— Washington Irving
You can have knowledge, and you can be meticulous in your preparation; but without the unction of the Holy Spirit you will have no power, and your preaching will not be effective.
— Martyn Lloyd-Jones
I pray that we might not outlive our usefulness.
— David Brainerd
A ministry doesn't have to be perfect for God to use and bless it.
— Rick Warren
So great are the effectiveness and power of the Word of God that the more it is persecuted the more it flourishes and grows.
— Martin Luther
We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard.
— Vance Havner
The winning of war - the effectiveness in such things - is in the heart, in the determination, in the faith. It is in our beliefs in our country, in our God, everything that goes to make up America.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
If they are the league ain't doing a good job of it.
— LeBron James