Productivity Quotes

• If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

  Bruce Lee

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.10, Tuttle Publishing

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• If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.43, Tuttle Publishing

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• Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

  Paul J. Meyer

  Inspirational, Leadership, Perseverance

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• Never confuse activity with productivity.

  Rick Warren

  Purpose Driven Life, Driven, Activity

  Rick Warren (2011). “What on Earth Am I Here For? Purpose Driven Life”, p.17, Harper Collins

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• Productivity isn't magic. It's discipline.

  Darren Hardy

  Discipline, Magic

  Darren Hardy (2015). “The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster: Why Now Is the Time to #Join the Ride”, p.155, Greenleaf Book Group

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• Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

  Stephen King

  Inspirational, Writing, Procrastination

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• Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wise

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• You cannot mandate productivity, you must provide the tools to let people become their best.

  Steve Jobs

  Creativity, People, Innovation

  "Chairman Jobs? The Guessing Goes On", www.wired.com. July 31, 1997.

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• You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Positive, Faith

  Mother Jones Magazine, Vol.16, No.3, p.77, May - June 1991.

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• Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it / immediately.

  Stephen Covey

  Mistake, People, Weakness

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• The sofa is the enemy of productivity.

  Demetri Martin

  Enemy, Sofas

  Twitter post from Dec 26, 2012

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• Improved productivity means less human sweat, not more.

  Henry Ford

  Mean, Sweat, Kick Ass

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• Great acts are made up of small deeds.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Procrastination, Bad Day

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• When the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

  Andrew Jackson

  Time, Procrastination, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.

  Caterina Fake

  Business, Entrepreneur, Design

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• Knowledge applied is productivity.

  Peter Drucker

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• If you want your life to have impact, focus it! Stop dabbling. Stop trying to do it all. Do less. Prune away even good activities and do only that which matters most. Never confuse activity with productivity. You can be busy without a purpose, but what's the point?

  Rick Warren

  Impact, Focus, Trying

  Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.30, Zondervan

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• It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

  Aristotle

  Motivational, Morning, Health

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• The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Success, Congratulations

  Twitter post from Jul 28, 2015

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• We have a strategic plan. It's called 'doing things'.

  Herb Kelleher

  Inspirational, Business, Hipster

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• The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

  Tom Peters

  Positive, Simple, Productive Work

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• Improve quality, you automatically improve productivity.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Quality, Management

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• Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

  Jim Ryun

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

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