Quotes about Productivity
If we sleep more than is needful for the refreshment of the body, it is wasting the time with which the Lord has entrusted us as a talent, to be used for his glory, for our own benefit, and the benefit of the saints and the unbelievers around us.
— George Muller
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.
— Andrew Jackson
I]f thou loiter when thou shouldst labour, thou wilt lose the crown. O fall to work then speedily and seriously, and bless God that thou hast yet time to do it; and though that which is past cannot be recalled, yet redeem the time now by doubling thy diligence (260).
— Richard Baxter
If every work of the day had thus its appointed time, we should be better skilled, both in redeeming time and performing duty (556).
— Richard Baxter
Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.
— Hudson Taylor
Tomorrow I plan to work work from early until late. In fact I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
— Martin Luther
Where people aren't having any fun, they seldom produce good work.
— David Ogilvy
Stop doing things that waste time. Don't replace time with your family or things that you need to do. I needed to put together two fantasy teams this weekend because that's something I enjoy, but I did stop playing Nintendo Wii for hours on end.
— Gary Vaynerchuk
If you ask people where they go when they really need to get work done, very few will respond 'the office.' If they do say the office, they'll include a qualifier such as 'super-early in the morning before anyone gets in,' or 'I stay late at night after everyone's left,' or 'I sneak in on the weekend.'
— Jason Fried
When I'm concentrating, I can be fixed in place for hours. In fact, there was a joke in my office that everybody would come and chat outside my door because they knew - no matter how loud they talked - if I was concentrating, it would not disturb me at all.
— Sonia Sotomayor
Peter Drucker says, "Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.
— Rick Warren