Quotes about Productivity

That one special thing that you always wanted to accomplish never gets done because you lived each day under the tyranny of the urgent.

Healthy ministry communities, which leave a legacy of long-term gospel productivity, have longevity and fruit because they are, at their core, communities of grace. Rather than achievement forming how the leadership community forms itself and operates, the gospel does.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!

In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.

How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.