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Quotes About Punctuality

Lose an hour in the morning and you'll be looking for it all day.
~ Irish proverb
If you have been told that you are late and unreliable more than once, then not only do you lack punctuality, but you also lack decency and seriousness, which is certainly very annoying.
~ Auliq Ice
Everything is good when it is on time.
~ Sunday Adelaja
I need to complete my homework on time.
~ Malala Yousafzai
Better late than never but never late is better. They tell me time is money well we'll spend it together.
~ Drake
I displayed, or usually displayed, all those traits deemed essential to job readiness: punctuality, cleanliness, cheerfulness, obedience. These are the qualities that welfare-to-work job-training programs often seek to inculcate, though I suspect that most welfare recipients already possess them, or would if their child care and transportation problems were solved.
~ Barbara Ehrenreich
But Dovey was one of those people who traveled in a medium-size pod of tardiness on which others came to rely.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
Lateness is rude.
~ Steve Berry
The trust of your people is not difficult to obtain. You can win it. And because it's so important for motivating them, you must win it. So you must never, ever be late to your own meetings. Ever. Such a thing will destroy all trust you've built up with seven out of 10 people, because it means to them that you cannot be counted on to keep your word.
~ Steve Chandler
It was announced that any parent arriving more than ten minutes late would pay $3 per child for each incident. The fee would be added to the parents' monthly bill, which was roughly $380. After the fine was enacted, the number of late pickups promptly went…up.
~ Steven D. Levitt
you never miss the plane, you're spending too much time in airports.
~ Jordan Ellenberg
Finally the kitchen clock said 5:17. It was time to roll out. I shouted for my mom, woke Jeffrey up, ran upstairs, changed into my concert clothes, put on my shoes, and was standing by the door to the garage by 5:19—chanting "Let's go! Come on!" (Feel free to try that at home, by the way; moms love it!)
~ Jordan Sonnenblick
chi vuol occuparsi di orologi deve avere Tempo ma non si deve annoiare
~ Ernst Junger
Everybody notices if you're the last one in in the morning and the first one to go in the evening. Always remember that as an employee.
~ Tilman J. Fertitta
I enjoy what I do, but I also do it on time because my audience is very pervasive; they're everywhere, and they will constantly remind me if I'm not on time.
~ Ray William Johnson
I suddenly became an unprofessional tantrum queen but people tend to forget that we associate these terms only with actresses. So many times, actors report late to the sets or don't even show up. But most women will tell you how we don't even have the luxury to be five minutes late.
~ Tanushree Dutta
My husband Charlie says I get ready five minutes before I go out the door. I am one of those people who can't do anything unless it's imminent - that's how I roll.
~ Konnie Huq
I never like to keep people waiting; it gives a wrong impression about my personality if I am late.
~ Mukesh Rishi
I really admire the fact that whenever Marc Singer gets a call from someone running late, he says he's running late, too. I don't admit that even when it's true. Small, unnoticeable acts of generosity are sometimes the most impressive.
~ Glenn Kelman
If you look at your class as anything less than life or death, you do not deserve to be a teacher. If you walk into the classroom ten minutes late, week after week, you need to resign. You wouldn't come in late on your job all the time, but I venture to guess that some of you do it on Sunday.
~ Bill Wilson
She always set three alarms for fear that the first employees to arrive would discover her sleeping - a Goldilocks without her bears
~ Billie Letts
People in the South are very organised and are thorough professionals besides being good paymasters. They are very disciplined and start and wrap up work on time.
~ Abhimanyu Singh
Delayed is not forgotten!
~ Hans Christian Andersen
When to arrive at the airport?: You should be at the airport already.
~ Dave Barry