Quotes about Productivity

No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing.

Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise.

All of us have far too much to do to waste our time and energies in criticism, faultfinding, or the abuse of others.

It doesn't really matter what time it is if you haven't determined what to do with your time.

When we waste our time, our time wastes us.

Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose.

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

Where there are things to be done the end is not to survey and recognize the various things, but rather to do them.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

One of the great illusions of our day is that hurrying will buy us more time.

Recreation Is Essential to Best Work—The time spent in physical exercise is not lost.... A proportionate exercise of all the organs and faculties of the body is essential to the best work of each. When the brain is constantly taxed while the other organs of the living machinery are inactive, there is a loss of strength, physical and mental.