The effective strength of sects is not to be ascertained merely by counting heads.

Disarm the people- that is the best and most effective way to enslave them.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life’s ethical problems.

Educators accept they have a present for giving; it drives them with the equivalent unstoppable drive that drives others to make a show-stopper or a market or a structure.

Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers

Nothing is as effective as spectacular real-life cases – successful or otherwise – in persuading people.

valThe value of an idea lies in the using of it

We will not just say, “I love him very much,” but instead, “I will do something so that he will suffer less.” The mind of compassion is truly present when it is effective in removing another person’s suffering.

The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one nation…it must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world

It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralise the long-range effects of our national stupidity.

The racing cars are our most effective way of making the Ferrari way known, and selling what we produce.

Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.

You can’t better the world by simply talking to it. Philosophy to be effective must be mechanically applied.

Observation of my life to date shows that the larger the number for whom I work, the more positively effective I become. Thus, it is obvious that if I work always and only for all humanity, I will be optimally effective.

Don’t take on things you don’t believe in and that you yourself are not good at. Learn to say no. Effective leaders match the objective needs of their company with the subjective competencies. As a result, they get an enormous amount of things done fast.

Large organizations cannot be versatile. A large organization is effective through its mass rather than through its agility. Fleas can jump many times their own height, but not an elephant.

To be effective, every knowledge worker, and especially every executive, therefore needs to dispose of time in fairly large chunks. To have small dribs and drabs of time at his disposal will not be sufficient even if the total is an impressive number of hours.

People are effective because they say ‘no,’ because they say, ‘this isn’t for me.

Effective organizations put people in jobs in which they can do the most good. They place people – and allow people to place themselves – according to their strengths.

Ideas are cheap and abundant; what is of value is the effective placement of those ideas into situations that develop into action.

Staffing the opportunities instead of the problems not only creates the most effective organization, it also creates enthusiasm and dedication.

Executives do many things in addition to making decisions. But only executives make decisions. The first managerial skill is, therefore, the making of effective decisions.

Effective innovations start small. They are not grandiose. They try to do one specific thing.

No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.

Effective people are not problem minded; they’re opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. They think preventively.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

The most effective way to manage change is to create it.

If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

The best way to get your point across is to entertain.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

To discover how much of our resources must be mobilized for war, we must first examine our political aim and that of the enemy. We must gauge the strength and situation of the opposite state. We must gauge the character and abilities of its government and people and do the same in regard to our own. Finally, we must evaluate the political sympathies of other states and the effect the war may have on them.

Education spending will be most effective if it relies on parental choice & private initiative — the building blocks of success throughout our society.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion

Spiritual enlightenment and self-protection are more effective than drugs and alcohol, I feel

I wanna better understand the world I live in, and I wanna be able to learn how to be more effective. I wanna learn and I wanna listen.

The most effective way to do it, is to do it

Men will not receive education and manners from their equals, even though they are the wisest and most virtuous of men.

In order to enjoy the inestimable benefits that the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable evils it creates

The learning of a few is the means of education of the many

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do when it has to be done, whether you like it or not

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity – the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn’t appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can’t see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness.