Quotes about Productivity
Man is never truly himself except when he is actively creating something.
— Dorothy Sayers
Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.
— Teresa of Avila
The unhappiest man on earth is the one who has nothing to do.
— Henry Ford
Procrastination is illogical from every viewpoint. It is like the man who wanted to cross the stream, so he sat on the bank to wait for all the water to run by.
— Vernon Howard
Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.
— Hannah More
The best way to help a man increase his output is to help build the man. Help him increase his stature as a man, and he will just naturally do better-on the job and off.
— Earl Nightingale
I love efficiencies and I love solving big problems, and I love working with people who create efficiencies. I love creating efficiencies in my own life on a day-to-day basis.
— Ashton Kutcher
One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not to be done at all.
— Brian Tracy
The law of increasing returns says that the more you focus on doing the few things that represent the most valuable use of your time, the better you become at those activities and the less time it takes you to accomplish each one.
— Brian Tracy
Your ability to choose between the important and the unimportant is the key determinant of your success in life and work.
— Brian Tracy
The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.
— Brian Tracy
People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.
— Brian Tracy