A Quote by Tim Cook

We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.

Tim Cook

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Tim Cook
American - Businessman
Born: November 1, 1960

Well, one measure of a good life, I think, is to be engaged in projects that one thinks are meaningful and worthwhile. So I would put the emphasis of a good life on activity, on the walk rather than the destination, and I think that most of the things that any of us do that are really valuable and really important are projects that we really shouldn't expect to be completed in our lifetime because if they could completed in our lifetime, they probably wouldn't be so important that we should devote our lives to them.

Dale Jamieson

To know me is to love me. This cliche is popular for a reason, because most of us, I imagine, believe deep in our hearts that if anyone truly got to know us, they'd truly get to love us - or at least know why we're the way we are. The problem in life, maybe the central problem, is that so few people ever seem to have sufficient curiosity to do the job on us that we know we deserve.

Roger Ebert

The key is to work out the few things that are really important, and the few methods that will give us what we really want.

Richard Koch

I do pick my projects very meticulously. I want my projects to be meaningful.

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Mission + tools. That’s really what it takes to have focus...you fail at focus because whatever you are trying to focus on isn’t important enough to you.

Chris Brogan

I think sometimes in the focus on deep friendships and on romantic relationships, we can lose sight of how important the small connections we make are with strangers and with people that we may encounter for just a few seconds or a few minutes, whether it's the barista at our coffee shop or the stranger next to us on the subway.

Vivek Murthy

I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful.

Kyra Sedgwick

There are thousands of ways to mess up or damage a software projects, and only a few ways to do them well

Capers Jones

I truly believe that God has given us few brain cells, and you have to direct them to the right things that make you happy.

Ranbir Kapoor

My husband and I love the saying, success is not owned. It's rented, and rent is due every single day, and I really and truly believe that.

Huda Kattan

I always believe that it's beautiful to win important matches, but it's also very important simply to reach those moments. I truly believe that.

Gonzalo Higuain

Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment. By concentrating our efforts upon a few major goals, our efficiency soars, our projects are completed -- we are going somewhere. By focusing our efforts to a single point, we achieve the greatest results. The first rule of success, and the one that supercedes all others, is to have energy. It is important to know how to concentrate it, how to husband it, how to focus it on important things instead of frittering it away on trivia.

Michael Korda

It is an important time to speak out on Islamaphobia. I truly believe in the inherent goodness in people, and there are people willing to be allies. I choose to focus on the incredible potential for good that this otherwise ugly situation is bringing up.

Hasan Minhaj

I truly believe that I can be president of the US if I really want to.

Will Smith

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