Time Discipline Quotes

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.

Unpunctuality is a vile habit.

Sophronia was minding her own business and running late to luncheon, as was her custom. She'd let to learn the advantage of punctuality. As she told Sister Mattie the third time she was late to household potions and poisons, nothing interesting happened until after an event commenced.

He who never hurries is always on time.

Time is never more misspent than while we declaim against the want of it; all our actions are then tinctured with peevishness. The yoke of life is certainly the least oppressive when we carry it with good-humor; and in the shades of rural retirement, when we have once acquired a resolution to pass our hours with economy, sorrowful lamentations on the subject of time misspent and business neglected never torture the mind.

I explain to everyone I deal with-co-workers, children, friends-that I'm transitionally challenged and they should call me on my cell phone if I'm even a few minutes late. Such calls often come in when I'm happily writing or rearranging the furniture. The monochrones in my life are so organized, they have no trouble remembering to remind me to show up.

The ill usage of every minute is a new record against us in heaven.

Being on time to appointments and meetings is a phase of self-discipline and an evidence of self-respect. Punctuality is a courteous compliment the intelligent person pays to his associates.

I am working never to be late again.

Grown-up people seem to be busy by clockwork... They run their unswerving course from object to object, directed by some mysterious inner needle that points all the time to what they must do next. You can only marvel at such misuse of time.

One good thing about punctuality is that it's a sure way to help you enjoy a few minutes of privacy.

I recall a friend telling me that for all the years his mother worked, every clock in her home was set 30 minutes ahead. She was never late. And she was beloved by all. Punctuality matters. Shows respect for others. And excellence within yourself. Be great today. Please.

If you don't create structure, your time will get eaten up pretty quickly. And the alternative is harsher than you think, because the world will suck it up.

I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

I am a stickler for always having to know what time it is.

Success Procedure: Run your day by the clock and your life with a vision.

In the ordinary business of life punctuality is . . . necessary.

I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.

Nothing separates successful people from unsuccessful people more than how they use their time!

Left to itself the masculine imagination has very little appreciation for the here and now; it prefers to dwell on what is absent, on what has been or may be. If men are more punctual than women, it is because they know that, without the external discipline of clock time, they would never get anything done.

Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.

If you waste five minutes of time a day, over the course of a year that adds up to one full work day. Think of five wasted minutes as a slow-release holiday drug. Savour it.