Quotes About Productivity

There's no good in moping girl, there's work to be done... Have you forgotten, nobody likes a person who feels sorry for herself.

I hate email. It's so slow. On email it's never now. It's always then, which is why it's so easy to get lazy and let your inbox fill up.

I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep, for that would be a pity, for sleeping is the highest accomplishment of genius

If, at the close of business each evening, I myself can understand what I've written, I feel the day hasn't been totally wasted.

The most costly disease is boredom costly for both individual and society.

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.

The role of the leader is to foster mutual respect and build a complementary team where each strength is made productive and each weakness irrelevant.

Having the attitude of just playing the game isn't my strength. I have to be productive. That's my responsibility.

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.

Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.

One thing I am learning is to slow down. Multitasking is great, but I when try to do everything at warp speed I just end up with typos and stress.

A complete and accurately defined list of projects, kept current and reviewed on at least a weekly basis, is a master key to stress-free productivity.

Never say never, but there are not enough hours in the day!

When we are forced to do multiple things at once, not only do we perform worse on all of them but our memory decreases and our general well-being suffers a palpable hit.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

You can be effective in this world without stress.

People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.

I think positive stress is actually a good thing. It's sort of the stretch goal "Wow, let me see how much faster I can run" or "Let me see how many more ideas I can generate in five minutes."

Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad. Indeed, the New Rich don't aim to eliminate all stress. Not in the least.

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

Mr Churchill, to what do you attribute your success in life? Conservation of energy. Never stand up when you can sit down. And never sit down when you can lie down.