Quotes About Promptness

Had she come too late?

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

we must obey the time.

didn't install them promptly then there's nothing we can do.

When" answers the question on time which is the currency of time

Despatch is the soul of business.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

The one key line used by a very rich Hudson salesman: Would you like to buy a car now, without waiting?

I don't feel tardy.

You never let things go unanswered for too long. Emails. Phone calls. Questions. As if you know the waiting is the hardest part for me.

Be quick as another may be waiting

I believed that if someone approaches me with a good offer and says 'let's begin tomorrow,' I should be ready.

Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.

You won't have time, do it now!

One should be ever booted and spurred and ready to depart.

Nothing before its time, son. Everything in its own time, to its own schedule.

When?" "Now," he said, and took my elbow. "There is no time to lose.

If I'm called on, I want to be ready and efficient.

A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

I don't have to point out, I'm sure, that letters received should be answered within a reasonable time- say a month; but there is such a thing as answering too promptly and writing too long a letter. It makes answering a burden to your correspondent, who will feel obligated to do at least as well as you have done, and will soon be heartily sick of the whole thing.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

My father taught me that a bill is like a crying baby and has to be attended to at once.

Hurry up; there's no time to be lost; don't forget, it's Saturday!