Quotes About Punctuality

My co-workers expect me to be late and temperamental.

They came in late

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time." — Charles Dickens, in David Copperfield

they were expected to, well, to be sciencing by oh eight hundred.

I waited. After what seemed an hour, but which was only fifty-nine minutes,

He scolds the whole staff when one person is late for a meeting

I try to busy myself elsewhere, to arrive late; but I always lose at this game. Whatever I do, I find myself there, with nothing to do, punctual, even ahead of time.

Neatly dressed and well groomed, Rockefeller was the first to arrive at and the last to leave work each day.

Extremely punctual for all appointments, he said, "A man has no right to occupy another man's time unnecessarily.

One hundred and eighty minutes, not a second more, not a second less. Time and tide wait for no man. The Navy was built on all kinds of bullshit like that.

Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!

the Rabbit say to itself, 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT-POCKET

Another time. I'm late for the show. You're always late. Well, at least I'm consistent.

So do I, Mrs. Hardy. Six o'clock, then.

In spite of all our speeding it's still the style to be late.

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on time, no matter what.

Better late than never but never late is better. They tell me time is money well well spend it together.

Among life's regrets is all the time wasted being early for everything.

I've been showing up late and dirty all my life.

We must take our whole selves there—mind and heart—as well as our bodies. And we must be there five minutes before prayer starts.

I try to be professional; I try to be on time. I don't take anything I have for granted. That's my definition of success.

Overdeliver on promises and deadlines. Show up early, deliver your product early, and deliver more than you promised. Overdeliver now, and in the future, you will be overpaid.

Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?