Execution Strategy Quotes

Vision without execution is delusion.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea.

Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.

Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.

All goal setting must be immediately followed by both the development of a plan, and massive and consistent action toward its fulfillment.

I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what the idea is, almost. You need great execution.

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.

A great idea is not enough.

This is a business that is much easier planned than executed.

Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.

I've seen every idea. Ideas are irrelevant. You are judged on execution, and the number 1 way to prove that you can execute is by executing.

Know your goal, make a plan and pull the trigger

It's important to have a sound idea, but the really important thing is the implementation.

The best ideas are useless unless carried out.

Plan your work and work your plan.

Formulate a specific game plan... the specific steps in making your intention come to life.

Never make a promise without a plan.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.

No decision has been made unless carrying it out in specific steps has become someone's work assignment and responsibility.

A lot of times, people start out with a lot of good ideas, but then they don't execute. They lose the purity of their vision. You end up running around in circles.

What I really need is to get clear out about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge precedes every act.

Our visions are the plans of the possible life structure, but they will end in plans if we do not follow them up with a vigorous effort to make them real, just as the architect's plans will end in his drawings if they are not followed up and made real by the builder.

We must bite the bullet and provide the resources to make programs come alive.