A Quote by Russell L. Ackoff

The most valuable and least replacable resource is time.

Russell L. Ackoff

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Least Most Resource Time Valuable

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Russell L. Ackoff
February 12, 1919 - October 29, 2009

You are about to be told one more time that you are America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they do to valuable natural resources?! Have you seen a strip mine? Have you seen a clear cut in the forest? Have you seen a polluted river? Don't ever let them call you a valuable natural resource! They're going to strip mine your soul. They're going to clear cut your best thoughts for the sake of profit unless you learn to resist, because the profit system follows the path of least resistance and following the path of least resistance is what makes the river crooked!

Utah Phillips

If you treat your beta-testers as if they're your most valuable resource, they will respond by becoming your most valuable resource.

Eric S. Raymond

We must treat water as if it were the most precious thing in the world, the most valuable natural resource. Be economical with water! Don't waste it! We still have time to do something about this problem before it is too late.

Mikhail Gorbachev

My husband is my most valuable resource.

Meg Rosoff

Children are the world's most valuable resource.

Jerry Sandusky

Diversity is America's most valuable resource. It is what makes us the most innovative nation on Earth.

Nick Hanauer

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

Herbert Hoover

My attention is the most valuable resource I have. I can protect it with an information diet.

Hilary Mason

Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

John F. Kennedy

Persistence overshadows even talent as the most valuable resource shaping the quality of life.

Tony Robbins

Among these treasures of our land is water-fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used-but it can bring devastation and ruin when left uncontrolled.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The most abundant, least used, and most abused resource in the world is human spirit and ingenuity.

Dee Hock

When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing.

Annie Leibovitz

Build creative cultures, and work with purpose to unleash the creativity of your team. Creativity is the most valuable natural resource in any organization, yet it is often a resource that is largely untapped. The leaders that prioritize and invest in creative cultures will be the wall street darlings of tomorrow. In fact, they're the darlings of today (Facebook, Groupon, LinkedIn, etc).

Josh Linkner

Time is one of our most valuable possessions. Use it wisely. Remind yourselves often that things that matter most should not be left to the mercy of things that matter the least.