effectiveness Quotes

The ultimate end...is not knowledge, but action. To be half right on time may be more important than to obtain the whole truth too late.

Most persons think that a state in order to be happy ought to be large; but even if they are right, they have no idea of what is a large and what a small state.... To the size of states... ...

It is this simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences-makes them, as the poets tell us, 'charm the crowd's ears more finely.' Educated men lay down broad general principles; uneducated men argue from... ...

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

Giving money effectively is almost as hard as earning it in the first place.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Prayers and sacrifices are of no avail.

It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it.

In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength.

Creativity allows people to be effective.

There's a unique thing about the UK, where you give a very generous foreign aid budget to support globally, which is spent wisely. We partner with the government here to make sure that that money is spent well.