Christopher Dodd Quotes

It is easy to say that something should be done. However to say what, when and how is more difficult.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

Execution is everything.

Sound strategy starts with having the right goal.

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

I'm certainly hoping that all the recommendations that we have heard will be implemented.

In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.

Once you articulate an agenda, you have to follow it.

Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed.

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Vision without execution is delusion.

Without execution, 'vision' is just another word for hallucination.

As a mayor, my instinct is to really think about how to get something done and not to make the promise unless you have some view of the pathway. You don't have to have it all figured out, but you have to have a pathway there.

Having a great idea is simply not enough. The eventual goal is vastly more important than any idea. It is how ideas are implemented that counts in the long run

I like to think that we've got a plan, so let's stick to it. That said, once we've stuck to it, we're allowed as much improvisation as anyone cares to indulge themselves in.

A great idea is not enough.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.

A plan is always successful if the plan is good.

Ideas are cheap. The difficult part is finding the team to execute them.

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.