Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
Leonardo da VinciWe must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
John F. KennedyI’ve never had writer’s block.
David ByrneNever confuse motion with action.
Benjamin FranklinOn my desk I have three screens, synchronized to form a single desktop. I can drag items from one screen to the next. Once you have that large display area, you’ll never go back, because it has a direct impact on productivity.
Bill GatesScience is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Immanuel KantI keep a hotel room in my town, although I have a large house. And I go there at about 5:30 in the morning, and I start working. And I don’t allow anybody to come in that room. I work on yellow pads and with ballpoint pens. I keep a Bible, a thesaurus, a dictionary, and a bottle of sherry. I stay there until midday.
Maya AngelouI am results-oriented.
Bill GatesTime is money.
Benjamin FranklinDelay is preferable to error.
Thomas JeffersonTo be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
BuddhaHe that rises late must trot all day.
Benjamin FranklinService of any type requires preparation.
Russell M. NelsonSome people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that’s you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don’t really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.
Joyce MeyerDo I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.
Jean-Jacques RousseauYou can tell the tree by the fruit it bears. You see it through what the organization is delivering as far as a concrete program. If the tree’s fruit sours or grows brackish, then the time has come to chop it down – bury it and walk over it and plant new seeds.
Huey NewtonNo one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
Helen KellerI have too many clothes, I have too many options.
RihannaI like to do things quickly because I’m easily bored.
Karl LagerfeldWhen I’m writing, I don’t feel neurotic. So it’s better for the family if I’m working.
Paul AusterLost time is never found again.
Benjamin FranklinLeisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
Benjamin FranklinTime management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.
John C. MaxwellWork is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.
Bertrand RussellOh, give us the man who sings at his work.
Thomas CarlyleIf you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Napoleon BonaparteModeration is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.
Jimmy BuffettMy 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. NixonI’m very much into making lists and breaking things apart into categories.
David ByrneI think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.
Mark ZuckerbergWhen I finish something, I want it out that day. Pop music is like the daily paper. Its got to be there then, not six months later.
Brian EnoYou cannot be creative with people around you.
Karl LagerfeldDo the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
Thomas CarlyleBefore beginning, plan carefully.
Marcus Tullius CiceroFires 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.
James BaldwinI don’t pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.
Theodore RooseveltThe thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day’s work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words.
J. K. RowlingThe time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
Bertrand RussellI wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat, what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll say… and on and on.
Joyce MeyerIt takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.
Eleanor RooseveltI won’t belong to any organization that would have me as a member.
Groucho MarxI never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
BuddhaIf I’ve got something do. I’m going to attack it. I’m going to attack that stress.
Jocko WillinkI love being busy.
Dolly PartonI never worry about action, but only inaction.
Winston ChurchillBusiness is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.
Henry FordBefore anything else, preparation is the key to success.
Alexander Graham BellHaving unlimited choices can paralyze you creatively.
David ByrneGood executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.
John C. MaxwellWorking with a lot of people at the same time is a task. I really like making stuff and getting stuff done. One of the things I really liked about Facebook was that I could always move so quickly. I wrote the original application in, like, nine days at the end of January.
Mark ZuckerbergBetter three hours too soon than a minute too late.
William ShakespeareInaction 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.
Dale CarnegieThe end of labor is to gain leisure.
AristotleWithout doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
Karl MarxTalk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
Thomas CarlyleWant balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don’t forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.
Stephen CoveyWhile we are postponing, life speeds by.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaI like to work.
Abby Lee MillerLet your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.
George WashingtonWhat one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.
Marcus Tullius Cicero