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Quotes About Timeliness

It's a lot easier to blow up trains than to make them run on time.
~ Max Brooks
Whereas I like to worry early and avoid the rush," O'Neill said.
~ Melissa Scott
dilatoriness.
~ Sun Tzu
The key to a good apology is to keep it simple, sincere and timely.
~ Joy Browne
Our best work is done when it needs to be.
~ F. Phelps
Every organization should strive to achieve the 3 Rs of Business: Everyone doing the Right things, Doing them Right, and at the Right time.
~ Forrest Breyfogle
It's much harder to be relevant than it is to be successful.
~ bono quotes iii
When you have a plan put it into action instantly. Don't let it lie around and get stale and have other people start thinking about it themselves.
~ Harry Harrison
That man who is regular and punctual will get sure success in all walks of life.
~ Sivananda Saraswati
The ultimate end...is not knowledge, but action. To be half right on time may be more important than to obtain the whole truth too late.
~ Aristotle
Truth and eggs are useful only while they are fresh.
~ Austin O'Malley
The sooner, the better!
~ Franklin W. Dixon
What is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly...timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend.
~ Brandon Sanderson
You're late, Kell", Dockson said, still not looking up from his ledgers. "I strive for nothing if not consistency" - Kelsier
~ Brandon Sanderson
It takes two minutes to say "I know this is due at five o'clock, and the executive summary looks pitch perfect. The tables need some serious work, though. What does support look like?
~ Brene Brown
I do not run late. Growing up on a farm, you're just not late when it's time to do chores or go to work. I grew up Mennonite, and so that work ethic and timeliness was just ingrained in me from a very young age.
~ Greg Brenneman
I think if you're behind the times, you've failed. I think the only way to measure success is being right on time with what people want.
~ Chuck Barris
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
~ John Ortberg
She had managed to go almost three weeks without being late. Admittedly on two of those days she'd perambulated around the office like someone doing a good imitation of the walking dead - but she'd been timely walking dead, damn it.
~ Michelle Sagara West
20. Develop a sense of urgency: Make a habit of moving fast on your key tasks. Become known as a person who does things quickly and well.
~ Brian Tracy
And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don't have to worry about it anymore. But who does that in real life?
~ Candace Bushnell
Failure to act in a timely manner can be fatal.
~ Terry Brooks
Journalists always like an excuse for why are they talking about something now when they didn't talk about something a week ago. They always like to say something is new.
~ Julian Assange
Justice delayed is justice denied.
~ William E. Gladstone