He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Dylan ThomasI must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Golda MeirMy strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.
Richard M. NixonThe moment someone asks you to do something you don’t have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.
Brene BrownDiscipline starts every day when the first alarm clock goes off in the morning. I say ‚first alarm clock‘ because I have three, as I was taught by one of the most feared and respected instructors in SEAL training: one electric, one battery powered, one windup.
Jocko WillinkA wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel JohnsonA man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
Ralph Waldo EmersonLabor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Abraham LincolnThe world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.
Helen KellerThis is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
Charles DickensWe believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
John F. KennedyOn every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we’re going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.
Barack ObamaThe task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
Henry KissingerI always have to be writing.
Taylor SwiftWe all have a tendency to avoid our weaknesses. When we do that, we never progress or get any better.
Jocko WillinkIn the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom – along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.
Noam ChomskyWell begun is half done.
AristotleWe are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerDo the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
Thomas CarlyleWhile we are postponing, life speeds by.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaBeware the barrenness of a busy life.
SocratesTime abides long enough for those who make use of it.
Leonardo da VinciCompetition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.
Franklin D. RooseveltThis time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
Ralph Waldo EmersonDevote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSuccess is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
Booker T. WashingtonWithout continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Benjamin FranklinThings alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
Francis BaconLife is about growing and improving and getting better.
Conor McGregorIt’s tough to go to sleep at night, and I wake up after five hours because I feel like I’m wasting time. I just sit up at night and think about what I can do next.
Dave GrohlGetting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you’ve started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can’t get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?
Joyce MeyerIt wasn’t so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it’s just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.
Michelle ObamaThe reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.
Robert FrostAs if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
Henry David ThoreauWhat’ll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?
F. Scott FitzgeraldMy goals are so high that I don’t have time to relax in any way, shape or form.
Kevin HartA lot of times, people have something that they’re afraid of. They’ve got a client that’s mad at them. They’ve got a project that’s due. And they let that stress hang over their head. I don’t let that happen.
Jocko WillinkA man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
Elbert HubbardEven if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Will RogersI’m like a recovering perfectionist. For me it’s one day at a time.
Brene BrownBusiness is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.
Henry FordPlans are nothing; planning is everything.
Dwight D. EisenhowerI’m a writer, not a professional runner. It’s fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.
Haruki MurakamiManagement is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
Stephen CoveyEvery strike brings me closer to the next home run.
Babe RuthWhat the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
Will RogersLet’s not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.
H. L. MenckenI suppose we need not go mourning the buffaloes. In the nature of things, they had to give place to better cattle, though the change might have been made without barbarous wickedness.
John MuirFor time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
John F. KennedyFirst thing I do in the morning, after I have my breakfast and do my spiritual work, is put on my makeup and fix my hair, and I can do my makeup in 15 minutes.
Dolly PartonIt’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Bruce LeeIn my case Pilgrim’s Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.
Carl JungThe truth is, anyone can start projects. The world is full of just-started projects that looked great at the time but were never completed.
Joyce MeyerMan, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.
John SteinbeckA process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.
Bertrand RussellBy the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you’ve blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.
Richard M. NixonNew ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can’t be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it’s not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!
Arthur C. ClarkeI’m just a kid – I’ve got a lot of stuff to do yet.
Clint EastwoodI saw a bank that said ’24 Hour Banking‘, but I don’t have that much time.
Steven WrightSome people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.
Benjamin Franklin