Quotes About Timeliness

Timeliness is best in all matters.

A rose on time is more valuable than a $1,000 gift that's too late.

Time is itself on time, are you

Give up on the guesswork. Decide what you're going to do this week, not this year. Figure out the next most important thing and do that. Make decisions right before you do something, not far in advance.

Bezos only makes decisions in the first half of the day. If any important decision comes to him after noon, he won't make it, he'll say he's waiting until the next day. Because he knows he is cognitively there in the morning, in the best possible way. The mornings are for decisions, the afternoons are not.

Stop saying ASAP. We get it. It's implied. Everyone wants things done as soon as they can be done.

If you're not going to answer right away, send a quick note explaining why and when you expect to get back to them. "Let me check with Dan, and I'll get back to you in a few days. If you haven't heard from me by Tuesday, please send a reminder. Thanks!

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

The best time to do a thing is when it can be done.

The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a Democratic issue.

There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.

Frankly, I don't understand the monthly magazines that continue to publish news that is two months old and which has already been reported on ad nauseam online, including on their own websites.

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

When I finish something, I want it out that day. Pop music is like the daily paper. Its got to be there then, not six months later.

Every minute counts. Being on time or not can mean the difference of a win or a loss and even of something positive or negative happening in life.

Take care of difficult calls or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating just makes it harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy.

being mostly correct and decisive typically yields better results than taking the time to figure out what is perfectly correct.

doing something constructive at once is better than figuring out the best thing to do hours later.

I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.

If you're always late, start being early.

Great software today is often preferable to perfect software tomorrow.

Things are always very last minute with fashion, and you always have to be ready and have to be prepared at all times.

The pressures to get the story first, if wrong, are greater sometimes than the pressures to get the story right, if late.

You've got to close deals quickly, or else you'll miss out.