“Furthermore, worrying about people and problems doesn't help. It doesn't solve problems, it doesn't help other people, and it doesn't help us. It is wasted energy.”

Source: Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

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American writer 1948

Jennifer Crusie book Bet Me

Source: Bet Me

“A system represents someone's solution to a problem. The system doesn't solve the problem.”

John Gall (1925–2014) American physician

Source: General systemantics, an essay on how systems work, and especially how they fail..., 1975, p. 74 Cited in: Roger Kaufman and Fenwick W. English (1979) Needs Assessment: Concept and Application, p. 94

“Standing up for yourself doesn't always involve verbal confrontation. Sometimes it's about not wasting energy on people who are negative.”

Sherry Argov (1977) American writer

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“Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.”

Kenichi Ohmae (1943) Japanese academic

Kenichi Ohmae, cited in: William J. Brown et al. (2000), AntiPatterns in Project Management. p. 3

“The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't.”

Sue Monk Kidd book The Secret Life of Bees

Source: The Secret Life of Bees

“If President Bush doesn't help us, these terrorists will damage the U. S. and Europe very soon.”

Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953–2001) Afghan military leader

Remark to a reporter (April 2001), quoted in Time (4 August 2002) " The Secret History https://archive.is/20120919170542/www.time.com/time/covers/1101020812/story.html" by Michael Elliott.