Quotes About Productivity

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward you goal.

if you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you will never get it done

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

Meaningless distraction drains you of the energy you should be placing into more serious things or using to simply enjoy the rewards of your labor.

People who waste time naming never have time for living.

It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.

The net result of the fall on the economic, political, and religious systems is that they become the places where people learn to play god in the lives of the poor and the marginalized. When fallen human beings play god in the lives of others, the results are patterns of domination and oppression that mar the image and potential productivity of the poor while alienating the non-poor from their true identity and vocation as well.

Human beings are the only creatures on the planet that tell time and think they have to earn a living.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

My husbands hated it when I wrote cos I used to kill myself laughing. I was so funny. They couldn't stand that it was so easy for me. Cosmo says I wrote in a trance. I'd sit down, black out and an hour or so later two-and-a-half thousand words would be there.

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

Wasted hours destroy your life just as surely at the beginning as at the end - only at the end it becomes more obvious.

Remember this, if you can—there is nothing, nothing more precious than time. You probably feel you have a measureless supply of it, but you haven't. Wasted hours destroy your life just as surely at the beginning as at the end—only at the end it becomes more obvious. Use your time while you have it, Willie, in making something of yourself.

You probably feel you have a measureless supply of it, but you haven't. Wasted hours destroy your life just as surely at the beginning as at the end—only at the end it becomes more obvious. Use your time while you have it, Willie, in making something of yourself.

One who delays his work is always wrestling with ruin.

If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Work - the ultimate badge of health.

I'd signed six things and my stack wasn't getting any smaller. It was like the paperwork was breeding while I worked.

How long does it take?" I asked. "I'm sorry?" "How long does it take you to get dressed for work in the morning?" "Two and a half hours," she said. "Do they pay you overtime for that?

Educated and productive young people are needed to help lift their countries out of poverty and create a wealthier, more secure world.

Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.

Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.

Your morning sets up the success of your day. So many people wake up and immediately check text messages, emails, and social media. I use my first hour awake for my morning routine of breakfast and meditation to prepare myself.