Quotes About Productivity

Tomorrow is the only day in the year that appeals to a lazy man.

In the future, in a saner system, we would design products not to wear out and break down; to last as long as possible, so that the responsibility of the service sector would not be overloaded.

We often get so busy "sawing" (producing results) that we forget to "sharpen our saw" (maintain or increase our capacity to produce results in the future).

Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.

The best preparation for the future is a well-spent today.

In the business world, management is always viewed in terms of productivity. Why? Because productivity is the key to the success of the organization and to your future as a manager.

The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expenses AND reduce inventories and increase throughput simultaneously.

Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.

Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground.

You perform at your best when you are working continually on high-priority goals and objectives.

Goals are the links in the chain that connect activity to accomplishment.

Define your goals in terms of the activities necessary to achieve them, and concentrate on those activities.

The main goal of organizing people is to make them laborers.

Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security system, and drives many elderly people into poverty and despair. Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.

Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get to the office.

If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done...

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

I work until beer oclock.