He that rises late must trot all day.

I’m kind of fascist with myself, you know.

I am results-oriented.

I have so many designs and video ideas and lyrics in my head, so I always try to be productive.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

I can’t play bridge. I don’t play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn’t seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window.

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.

I put out one album one week, and I’m already worried about the next one. I feel a lot of emotion throughout the course of a day. But not to the point where you need to be worried about me.

Action expresses priorities.

My interest in creating anything is that it be useful.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

My biographers… would like to have my time at the court almost complete before they finish the book. We decided… to flip the order.

The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win – you pass the test.

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

Fires can’t be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

It’s pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise.

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it’s in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My most productive hours are between midnight and five.

Opportunity makes a thief.

If a man can… make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.

I don’t have time to be lonely. And I get fearful of relationships because I feel guilty about wanting someone to be completely faithful and loyal, when I can’t even give them 10 percent of the attention that they need. It’s just the reality of my time, my life, my schedule.

We want to do a lot of stuff; we’re not in great shape. We didn’t get a good night’s sleep. We’re a little depressed. Coffee solves all these problems in one delightful little cup.

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.

I had a period in my life where I decided that I would never be bored again and that, if I had any free time at all, I would make plans, and I would always be doing things. It actually was great for a year or so, but then I lost all of my friends.

I’m one of the slowest drivers on the road. I mosey along. If you’re doing anything too fast, including living life too fast, that creates sudden death. If I have to be somewhere on time, I make sure I leave early enough.

I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn’t want them either, so it worked out well.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

Why do people sit up so late, or, more rarely, get up so early? Not because the day is not long enough, but because they have no time in the day to themselves.

Why do you want to get a good workout early in the morning? Well, because it sends more oxygen to your brain; it releases endorphins. It puts you in a state of mind where you can crush things, which is where you want to be.

One of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list.

I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself.

It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that’s the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now.

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I’ll be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. I’m crepuscular.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

I’ve always put everybody else’s child first before my own health, before my own outfit, before my own time frame.

Hell isn’t merely paved with good intentions; it’s walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.

About half my time is spent on business operation type stuff.

In one way, I suppose, I have been ‚in denial‘ for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light.

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

With the amount of fixed expense that goes into developing something like the BE-4 engine, you want it to be used as much as possible.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

When I get on a roll with something, it’s really hard for me to put it down unfinished.