Where a chunk of business is simple, the chances are that it is.

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?

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.

Each day you are leading by example. Whether you realize it or not or whether it's positive or negative, you are influencing those around you.

'Mallory, ' he used to say, 'When a woman who can break you in half tells you that you're hers, you nod and agree.'

Africa had a way of coming back and simply covering everything up again.

Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.

Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.

No man can put on the robes of Christ’s righteousness till he has taken off his own.

There are no unnatural or supernatural phenomenon, only very large gaps in our knowledge of what is natural... we should strive to fill those gaps of ignorance.

That is a big turn-on for me, a director who knows what he's doing and what he wants, and knows when he's gotten what he wants.

What is bad painting? Picabia made some deliberately bad paintings, but they were by him, so great in a way.

There is no planet B. We have to take care of the one we have