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Things Done Quotes

The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.

The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.

Langston Hughes
Done, Way, Things Done
Langston Hughes (2002). “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes”, p.50, University of Missouri Press

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

Toni Morrison
Giving Up, Want, Getting Things Done

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

David Lloyd George
Done, Finest, Things Done
Speech at Paris Peace Conference, 18 Jan. 1919, in The Times 20 Jan. 1919

Success is the sum of a lot of small things done correctly.

Fernand Point
Done, Things Done, Small Things

All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside.

Paul Cezanne
Done, Things Done, Studios

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Ang Lee
Done, Sometimes, Things Done

Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.

David Allen
Time Management, Stuck, Getting Things Done

Power is the ability to get things done

Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Done, Ability, Things Done
Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1993). “Men and Women of the Corporation”, p.166, Basic Books

After you do one thing, you've got one thing done.

Mike Caro
Done, Things Done, One Thing

Be the person others can count on to get things done

Larry Winget
Done, Things Done, Persons

I'm not a debater. I get things done.

Donald Trump
Done, Things Done
"This Week", abcnews.go.com. August 2, 2015.

Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does.

David Allen
Doe, Causes, Getting Things Done
David Allen (2015). “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”, p.32, Penguin

A leader gets things done.

Rick Perry
Leader, Done, Things Done
Source: stream.org

The thing done avails, and not what is said about it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Done, Said, Things Done
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.162

The great contest for the presidency is about the future, who can lead, who can get things done.

George W. Bush
Done, Contests, Things Done
George W. Bush at the second Presidential Debate in St. Louis, Missouri, edition.cnn.com. October 9, 2004.

You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.

Barack Obama
Done, Things Done, Just Listen
Interview with Chris Wallace, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 3, 2009.

Leadership is not always about getting things done 'right.' Leadership is about getting things done through other people.

Andy Stanley
People, Done, Getting Things Done
Andy Stanley (2011). “Next Generation Leader”, p.25, Multnomah

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