80% of the results come from 20% of the causes. A few things are important; most are not.

Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many.

If we did realize the difference between the vital few and the trivial many in all aspects of our lives, and if we did something about it, we could multiply anything that we valued.

The few things that work fantastically well should be identified, cultivated, nurtured, and multiplied.

Hard work leads to low returns. Insight and doing what we want lead to high returns.

To get useful new ideas, we must go beyond our immediate circle and make contact with distant parts of the social system.

The 80/20 principle - that 80 percent of result flow from just 20 per cent of the causes - is the one true principle of highly effective people.

What could you achieve that would make you proud, that no one else could do with the same ease?

It is not shortage of time that should worry us, but the tendency for the majority of time to be spent in low-quality ways.

Celebrate exceptional productivity, rather than raise average efforts.

The key is to work out the few things that are really important, and the few methods that will give us what we really want.

With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.

Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth.

We cannot lead a choiceless life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is a choice. If it were not so, we would not be individuals.

I have over a hundred clocks. I've got fancy clocks and clocks from all over the world that people made for me.

Children need systems that are inclusive and driven by them, systems that will enable them to respond to their feelings and needs at any time.

The idea behind doing comedies is that you go home a little happier.

Thank you, God, for the dignity and beauty of self. The precious innate self. The only thing that can't be taken from us. The only thing we really own.

Not getting rid of [Donald] Trump because there's a slew of Republican voters that don't want to get rid of Trump.

Donald Trump seems to prefer people he sees as being on his side.