Quotes About Effectiveness

I think having Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is going to send a very wonderful lesson to the American public that women can be strong, they can be tough, they can be effective, and they can lead this country as political leaders.

I don't want to become a rhetorical speaker. My effectiveness is mastering all of the data and being able to respond.

In foreign policy, there are times when speaking with one voice - and it doesn't have to be mine - allows us to engage better on issues, and enables us to do things more effectively.

My success rate speaks for itself.

I try to put on a show while being effective because the spectators come to be entertained by beautiful play.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.

If all our agents would abridge their speeches one half, I am satisfied the effect produced would be much greater. The 'art of leaving off' at the right time, and in the right place, is one of the most difficult things to learn.

Acceptance speeches can make or break presidential candidacies. It was Al Gore's 2000 acceptance speech that relaunched his candidacy and nearly saved him. John Kerry's speech and overall ineffective convention nearly sank him in 2004 (though he was almost saved by the debates).

Mourinho doesn't need to give long speeches. He's direct and to the point.

No partnership between two independent companies, no matter how well run, can match the speed, effectiveness, responsiveness and efficiency of a solely owned company.

The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.

I firmly believe that philanthropy is most effective and outcome-oriented when you ensure that your pledge actually gets spent.

Collaboration is important not just because it's a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy.

Nothing will undermine your effectiveness as a leader faster than a bad marriage.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

Strong men have sound ideas and the force to make these ideas effective.

Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted.

Now, what made something work well was in and of itself the core of its aesthetic quality.

I've been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I've been controversial.

Giving feedback is a relationship-building event that requires all four EQ skills to be effective.

I felt that 15,000 men on the 8th would be more effective than 50,000 a month later.

Do you have the "right people doing the right things right" inside the organization?