Quotes About Productivity

Procrastination is something best put off until tomorrow.

Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed.

The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one.

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the year.

A useless life is an early death.

We all have 100% to deal with in our lives: 10% is important, 90% unimportant. The secret to a happy, productive life is to deal with the 10% and let the 90% slip.

With a little discipline and regular self-checks, you can learn to do one thing at a time. And do it better. And be happier doing it.

Your morning thoughts may determine your conduct for the day. Optimistic thoughts will make your day bright and productive, while pessimistic thinking will make it dull and wasteful. Face each day cheerfully, smilingly and courageously, and it will naturally follow that your work will be a real pleasure and progress will be a delightful accomplishment.

A loafer never works except when there is a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.

Nothing in business is so valuable as time.

Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely.

Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week's value out of a year while another man gets a full year's value out of a week.

Our costliest expenditure is time.

The Importance of Using Time Well How pleasant it is, at the end of the day, No follies to have to repent; But reflect on the past, and be able to say, That my time has been properly spent.

The organized person ... makes the most of his time and goes to his bed for the night perfectly relaxed for rest and renewal.

He who every morning plans the transactions of the day and follows out that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life. ... If the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.

During a very busy life I have often been asked, "How did you manage to it all?" The answer is very simple: it is because I did everything promptly.

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow. Success depends upon using it wisely-by planning and setting priorities.

We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.

I wish I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.

Wasted time means wasted lives.

Economy is the thief of time.

All that time is lost which might be better employed.