Quotes About Productivity

A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.

To do today's work well and not to bother about tomorrow is the secret of accomplishment

When men are employed they are best contented.

I early found that when I worked for myself alone, myself alone worked for me; but when I worked for others also, others worked also for me.

I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.

Laziness means more work in the long run.

Much work is merely a way to make money; much leisure is merely a way to spend it.

If people don't learn to work by the time they're in their 30s, they're never very productive.

No work is worse than overwork; the mind preys on itself,--the most unwholesome of food.

I have succeeded in getting my actual work down to thirty minutes a day. That leaves me eighteen hours for engineering.

What I need is a search engine that, no matter what I type in, comes back with GO BACK TO WORK.

The hardest thing about being productive is not the work, but the split second it takes to decide to take control.

I'm blessed by the fact I only need five hours of sleep on a daily basis. I do tend to regard Saturday and Sunday as work days.

Preventive Maintenance: Don't start today by doing yesterday's work.

That's why they call it work, because it's not what you'd prefer to do with your free time.

The actual work of recording a record or making a film just requires that you consciously block the time out to do that and nothing else. That's what I do.

Most days I only go out to the post office or to get some food. Otherwise I work on my art or music. I check out the news, and generally spend a lot of time on Tumblr or Facebook or whatever.

I have found through trial and error that I work best under duress. In fact I work only under duress.

Most of the work that's done in the world gets done by people who weren't feeling all that well at the time that they did it.

There's nothing like work to take your mind off your worries.

Improving daily work is even more important than doing daily work.

I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.

I don't like abrasion while I'm working. I don't thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I'm doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.

There is no curse equal to the curse of idleness. It destroys the man, the group, the people, or the nation who suffer under it.