Quotes on Productivity

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. Bruce Lee

Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the desks—cutting loose debris that's impeding forward motion. David Allen

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. Stephen Covey

He that rises late must trot all day. Benjamin Franklin

Improved productivity means less human sweat, not more. Henry Ford When one has much to put into them, a day has a hundred pockets. Friedrich Nietzsche

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can’t do. Dennis Waitley

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. Stephen King

Focus on being productive instead of busy. Tim Ferriss

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. Earl Nightingale

Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade! Tony Robbins

Effective performance is preceded by painstaking preparation. Brian Tracy

Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is specifically your own. Bruce Lee

It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau

The true price of anything you do is the amount of time you exchange for it. Henry David Thoreau

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before. Franz Kafka

Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Francis of Assisi

Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. Walt Disney

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year. Leonardo da Vinci

Action is the foundational key to all success. Picasso You can’t get much done in life if you only work on days when you feel good. Jerry West

Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else. Peter Drucker

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. Aristotle

Lost time is never found again. Benjamin Franklin

The society based on production is only productive, not creative. Albert Camus

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. Benjamin Franklin

The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity. Timothy Ferriss