Eliminate Everything That Slows You Quotes
Speed comes from subtraction. The man who cuts the unnecessary from his habits, tasks, and possessions moves lighter and faster than the man who keeps adding. This Productivity path holds history's smartest quotes on simplifying to accelerate. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
“Less is more.”
“Do less, but do it better.”
“Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest.”
“We leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life.'”
“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
“It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers.”
“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.”
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
“Complexity is the enemy of execution.”
“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
“The more you have, the more you are occupied. The less you have, the more free you are.”
“Don't make the process harder than it is.”
“It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you down. It's the pebble in your shoe.”
“When the solution is simple, God is answering.”
“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.”
“Do nothing which is of no use.”
“Eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”
“Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you will have more time and more tranquility.”
