Quotes about Productivity

Let the unconscious do its work. Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.

We have the right to our labor but not to the fruit of our labor.

If you count E-mail, I'm on the Internet all day, every day.

The greatest waste in all of our earth is our waste of the time God has given us each day.

God did not intend for us to be idle and unproductive. There is dignity in work.

We all have exactly the same number of minutes in a day. The question is, how will we use them? Most people today are either too busy—or not busy enough. The Bible tells us that both extremes are wrong.

I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.

One of the secret benefits of using remote workers is that the work itself becomes the yardstick to judge someone's performance.

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.

Extra heat won't be good for the animals we eat and get milk from; it will make them less productive and more prone to dying young, which in turn will make meat, eggs, and dairy more expensive.

I have always been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted; then I realized that the interruptions were my work.

Then occupation is called a blessing and emptiness a curse. Many telephone conversations start with the words: "I know you are busy, but …" and we would confuse the speaker and even harm our reputation were we to say, "Oh no, I am completely free, today, tomorrow and the whole week." Our client might well lose interest in a man who has so little to do.