Wole Soyinka Quotes

I always got my work done before playing.

Successful people understand the value of time. Once they commit to doing something, they would never cancel.

I don't have a good work ethic. I have a real casual relationship with hours.

Nothing comes before my children. I find that putting everything else in order of importance also helps to get everything done.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

I try to be very much in control when it comes to work. I have a strong work ethic.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well.

You've just got to have to put the work in. Put work first. Put the hours in and the time in, and do your job. And when you get a little time off, you can go out and have a little fun. But you have to make sure you get done what you need to get done first off.

I lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it.

There will always be another email to get through; something to clean up, file, and organize; more errands to do. Which is why balance is so important. Life is a marathon, not a sprint.

I get tired when I keep shorting my sleep, but I always make it to the gym. In our house, we live by this: 'Never quit, never cancel, never be late.' We've found it's a great way to live.

I would work until I got stuck, and I would put it down and pick up something else. I might be able to take a 20-minute nap and get to work again. That way, I was able to work about 10 hours a day... It was important to me to work every day. I managed to work on Christmas day, just to be able to say I worked 365 days a year.

I take care of business.

Is an out-of-control life challenge making you feel 'out of control' over your entire life? If so, stop lying around doing nothing. Stop sleeping late. Stop watching too much TV. Start recognizing that this lack of a disciplined schedule will only increase your feelings of being out of control of your life.

I have to make sure I study and do my job.

The principle of work is part of self-discipline. Now, my dear young sisters, I have lived a good many years longer than you, but even back in Grandpa's time there was something to make you want to lie down and go to sleep-they called it work.

It's just one day at a time. I love multi-tasking and I'm really organized and when you have a certain work ethic, which all the girls have, we all have that same thing going on.

Work organizes life. It gives structure and discipline to life.

You must always work.

If I didn't have my little schedule book, I wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.

My mother was a pediatrician, and she kept busy hours. I learned from her you could pack a lot into the day. Every minute had to count, and multitasking was a given.

I just take on what I can commit to completely at that point in time, and that way you'll be able to give your best.

I'm a Virgo and I'm really good at scheduling. And I really make it work. I get up 6.30 every day.