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.

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.

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?

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.

When she bought the cats her mother asked her straight out if they were 'baby substitutes'. 'No, ' Ruth had answered, straight-faced. 'They're kittens. If I had a baby it would be a cat substitute.

I have the body of an eighteen year old. I keep it in the fridge.

When I make records I have full control of everything and I know how it sounds before it comes out, with films it's outta my hands.

My Open Hearts Family celebrates not only the traditional family but also extended families that we create from the people we open our hearts to as we journey through life.

One of the things that makes this show unique, in terms of an experience, is that when you do a show that has a large cast, scheduling is a very difficult thing.

I was never interested in being an overly public person.

When all that's left of me is love, Give me away.

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

May God be with you and the Devil be crushed underfoot as you march for Peace on the skulls of our enemies, for goodwill, security, and a quality of life that comes only with Democracy

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.