Quotes about Productivity
In my opinion, the sun was made to light worthier toil than this.
— Henry David Thoreau
Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet.
— Henry David Thoreau
To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.
— Henry David Thoreau
Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then throwing them back again, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now.
— Henry David Thoreau
The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure. There will be a wide margin for relaxation to his day. He is only earnest to secure the kernels of time, and does not exaggerate the value of the husk. Why should the hen set all day? She can lay but one egg, and besides she will not have picked up materials for a new one. Those who work much do not work hard.
— Henry David Thoreau
Hard and steady and engrossing labor with the hands, especially out of doors, is invaluable to the literary man and serves him directly.
— Henry David Thoreau
Some are 'industrious' and appear to love labor for its own sake, or perhaps because it keeps them out of worse mischief; to such I have at present nothing to say.
— Henry David Thoreau
The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease. We are made to exaggerate the importance of what work we do; and yet how much is not done by us!
— Henry David Thoreau
I keep a hotel room in my town, although I have a large house. And I go there at about 5:30 in the morning, and I start working. And I don't allow anybody to come in that room. I work on yellow pads and with ballpoint pens. I keep a Bible, a thesaurus, a dictionary, and a bottle of sherry. I stay there until midday.
— Maya Angelou
By the fruits which it bears is the tree known.
— Jan Hus
A networker likes to meet people. I don't. I like accomplishing things in the world. You meet people when you want to accomplish something.
— Reid Hoffman
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done, and those who don't want to make mistakes.
— John Maxwell