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.

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

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

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.

It was as if God Himself planned my visit to the church that day.

Salvation does not depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy of grace.

Real life often ends badly, like our marriage did, Pat. And literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for people to endure nobly.

All right, ’ Nico relented. ‘Maybe a little …’ He managed to take off his aviator jacket and wad it into a pillow before he keeled over and began to snore.

Lancelot and Guinevere – they looked like two flowers, bright enough to turn to each other for sunlight.

To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.

Im having an amazing life and it isnt over yet.

We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain.

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

The only time you realize you have a reputation is when you're not living up to it.