Quotes on Execution

Vision without execution is delusion. The joy is in the results

Complexity is the enemy of execution!

Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed.

Information without execution is poverty.

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.

The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default. Instead of making choices reactively, the Essentialist deliberately distinguishes the vital few from the trivial many, eliminates the non-essentials, and then removes obstacles so the essential things have clear, smooth passage. In other words, Essentialism is a disciplined, systematic approach for determining where our highest point of contribution lies, then making execution of those things almost effortless.

An idea isn't worth that much. It's the execution of the idea that has value. If you can't convince one other person that this is something to devote your life to, then it's not worth it.

Without execution, thinking is mere idleness.

Dress your best on your execution day. Be extremely courteous to your assistant when you lose money. Try not to blame others for your fate, even if they deserve blame. Never exhibit any self-pity. Do not complain.

The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

Basketball, like all sports, is predicated on the execution of fundamentals. The coach is a teacher. His subject: fundamentals

Our emphasis is on execution, not winning.

Intuition is critical in virtually everything you do. But, without relentless preparation and execution, it is meaningless.

Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

It will follow that that government ought to be clothed with all powers requisite to complete execution of its trust.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives, the cumulative experience of many masters of craftsmanship. Quality also marks the search for an ideal after necessity has been satisfied and mere usefulness achieved.

I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was well represented at trial... People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.

No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws.

All decisions in the artistic execution of the work rest with pure intuition and cannot be translated into a self-analysis.