Quotes about Productivity

If people are basically selfish -and they are- then asking them to work hard yet earn no more than their unproductive neighbor is asking more than they'll rarely give. But we already know that; communism has failed.

An interesting question these psychologists tend not to ask is why the muscle metaphor is apt. In other words, why is it that early successes at self-discipline lead to more successes, whereas early lapses lead to more lapses? If self-discipline is really good for the organism, you wouldn't expect natural selection to make it so easy for a few early lapses to destroy self-discipline. Yet there's no denying that a few injections of heroin can be the end of a productive life. Why?

Mr Churchill, to what do you attribute your success in life? Conservation of energy. Never stand up when you can sit down. And never sit down when you can lie down.

Each minute is a little thing, and yet, with respect to our personal productivity, to manage the minute is the secret of success.

Most people feel younger than their age, but the culture values youth, success, beauty, productivity. There is no space in this culture for older people.

Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation for success.

You're not being responsible with what God gave you if you're hanging out with time wasters who have no goals and no dreams.

Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.

Never confuse activity with productivity.

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.

Establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.