Quotes About Execution

Knowledge without action, is like having no knowledge at all!

Knowledge without implementation is but mere information. True knowledge transcends the barrier of the mind and bears fruit within action

The test of our knowledge is not what we know, but what we can do.

Actions, not knowledge, bring result.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

The best form of saying is doing.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then get others to do it.

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy; forceful execution of even a poor plan can often bring victory.

Without strong visionary leadership, no strategy will be executed effectively.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.

We believed it was not our formations that made us good, but rather how we played.

Brilliant strategy is the best route to desirable ends with available means.

Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.

We always have more ideas than we can fund.

Leadership is all about getting results.

Resources follow vision.

A thing can be fine on paper but utterly crummy in the field.

If one wishes to be a great project manager, one needs to talk less and write more.