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Productivity Quotes


"Do not spend all your strength to make money."


"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."


"7 keys to getting more things done: 1 start, 2 dont make excuses, 3 celebrate small steps, 4 ignore critics, 5 be consistent, 6 be open, 7 stay positive."


"When you have a lot of goals to accomplish, it is very important you do your own "Kaizin". Shift those that are unnecessary now to the following day and carefully deal with a bigger task in smaller bits."


"If you want a work well done select a busy man: the other kind has no time."


"The Time (T) and Energy (E) we invest in others, people will take it and carry it with them."



"You must however pay attention to the fact that we don't only lose time to lateness. We also lose time to jokes, gossip, empty talks, sleep on duty, social media etc."



"Be persistent and diligent in the way you spend your time daily."


"Always recycle wasted time."


"Planning provides certainty."



"The soul of dispatch is decision."


"Procrastination is also a subtle act of corruption, it corrupts valuable time."


"Idleness is seductive.Just relax and do nothing, it says."


"I am a better person when I have less on my plate."


"Not planning for your time expenditure simply means deliberately intending to fail."


"He groaned, 'Goddamn, you're so hot.'I know, ' she whimpered as she moved restlessly under his weight. 'I'm burning up.'At that, he had to lift his head and grin down at her. 'No, baby, ' he said gently, rocking his hips to begin moving in her. 'That wasn't what I meant. I meant, you're so hot.'Her eyebrows quirked, and dimples appeared in her cheeks as she suppressed a grin. 'Yeah, I knew that."


"When everything hurries everywhere, nothing goes anywhere."


"Timely service like timely gifts is doubled in value."



"To be productive, effective and to live a life of understanding and wisdom is not to waste time."


"The problem with procrastination is it's been around since the beginning of time it seems."


"Life management is not about BUSYNESS; it is about PRODUCTIVENESS and EFFECTIVENESS " major on the major things in life, not the minors."



"So much working, reading, thinking, living to do! A lifetime is not long enough."



"Love of bustle is not industry."


"Wasting time on timing stuff is a good way to save time from being wasted on other pointless activities like writing, reading, and sleeping."


"A meeting is a collective tacit confession of participants' unwillingness to work."


"Never start a day or activity without a plan. Learn to plan your work, and then work your plan."


"But I was too restless to watch long; I'm too Occidental for a long vigil. I could work at a problem for years, but to wait inactive for twenty-four hours -- that's another matter."


"Setting the right priorities or having superior time management skill means knowing the difference between "must have, and "nice to have."


"When we procrastinate, we also put a hold on happiness."



"Everything is a product of time because it took a particular period of time to achieve that result."


"Your new challenge is to redesign your time allocations. Your strategic focus determines where your time resources will be mainly invested. Prioritise acting out your own script, make your own movie instead of spending too much time watching others at work through the TV. It is surprising the number of unsuccessful people who spend all their time resources on the social media platforms following the lives of the successful. Make the news, be the leader and let others follow you. Align you priorities and balance your activities."



"Divide the big task into small pieces which can be done every day."


"Iterate. Iterate Iterate."



"Our churches are full of people during work hours, morning, noon, evening, praying instead of being in the factories, libraries, laboratories, facilitating economic growth."



"Proper and effective use of time yields good result."



"Without order in your life, you will realize that you will only be busy but without commensurate results."


"The true price of anything you do is the amount of time you exchange for it."


"We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate."


"Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight."


"Excuses are a time thief. Have a goal, accept responsibility, and take action!"



"The quality of time you dedicate to work is what determines your greatness."



"You do not need to think about a month, you need to plan the day."


"Get busy with the issue! In this regard, time is not friendly nor should it be."


"I believe having a vision in mind, a goal let's say, is a good thing. Unfortunately, so many of us are blinded by the greatness of our vision that paralysis and inaction sets in. What I try to do is focus on the individual steps, the moments if you will, and let them lead one to the next. The vision that eventually appears may not be exactly what you had in mind, but it will be the right one for you, because you did the work and you took the necessary action."


"Dreams without deadlines are dead in the water. Deadlines are really lifelines to achieving our goals."


"Start every day by making a list of all the experiences you will fill your day with and make an effort to achieve them."


"Spend your time today on things that will create more or save you time in the future."



"People who know the value of time are always doing something valuable with their time."


"The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight."
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