Quotes about Productivity

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.

My BlackBerry is essential to my survival.

I]f thou loiter when thou shouldst labour, thou wilt lose the crown. O fall to work then speedily and seriously, and bless God that thou hast yet time to do it; and though that which is past cannot be recalled, yet redeem the time now by doubling thy diligence (260).

If every work of the day had thus its appointed time, we should be better skilled, both in redeeming time and performing duty (556).

Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.

I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.

Tomorrow I plan to work work from early until late. In fact I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.

Where people aren't having any fun, they seldom produce good work.

I have one weakness. I don't like vacations. I like to work.

I spend the majority of my time in the office and I usually wear a casual bandage dress and flip-flops or slippers.

Stop doing things that waste time. Don't replace time with your family or things that you need to do. I needed to put together two fantasy teams this weekend because that's something I enjoy, but I did stop playing Nintendo Wii for hours on end.

If you ask people where they go when they really need to get work done, very few will respond 'the office.' If they do say the office, they'll include a qualifier such as 'super-early in the morning before anyone gets in,' or 'I stay late at night after everyone's left,' or 'I sneak in on the weekend.'