66 Inspirational Quotes on Productivity (TIME)

Top 11 Most Famous Quotes on Productivity (BEST)

Productivity isn’t about being a workhorse. Keeping busy or burning the midnight oil… It’s more about priorities, planning, and fiercely protecting your time. - Gary Keller — Productivity isn’t about being a workhorse. Keeping busy or burning the midnight oil… It’s more about priorities, planning, and fiercely protecting your **time**. –**Gary Keller**

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before. - Franz Kafka — Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before. – **Franz Kafka**

I think of productivity as using your time to accomplish things of value to you and others. - Adam Grant — I think of productivity as using your **time** to accomplish things of value to you and others. – **Adam Grant**

A productive life involves a lot of sowing in the passing days. Behind an abundant harvest is an exhausted farmer with a smile of satisfaction from consistent productivity. - John Soforic — A productive life involves a lot of sowing in the passing days. Behind an abundant harvest is an exhausted farmer with a smile of satisfaction from consistent productivity. – John Soforic

It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? – Henry David Thoreau — It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? – **Henry David Thoreau**

Don’t confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy. - Robin Sharma — Don’t confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy. –**Robin Sharma**

Activity is often unrelated to productivity, and busyness rarely takes care of business. – Gary Keller — Activity is often unrelated to productivity, and busyness rarely takes care of business. – **Gary Keller**

Doing less is not being lazy. Don’t give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity. - Tim Ferriss — Doing less is not being lazy. Don’t give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity. – **Tim Ferriss**

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. — Paul J. Meyer — Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to **excellence**, intelligent planning, and **focused** effort. — Paul J. Meyer

Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another. - Angela Lee Duckworth — Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another. – **Angela Lee Duckworth**

Live with purpose. Live by priority. Live for productivity. - Gary Keller — Live with **purpose**. Live by priority. Live for productivity. –**Gary Keller**

7 Motivational Quotes on Productivity and Taking Actions

I learned that a prosperous life is a productive life and that productivity leads to a smile of satisfaction. - John Soforic — I learned that a prosperous life is a productive life and that productivity leads to a smile of **satisfaction**. – John Soforic

Words may show a man's wit but actions will show his meaning. - Benjamin Franklin — Words may show a man’s wit but actions will show his meaning. – **Benjamin Franklin**

Action is the foundational key to all success. – Picasso — **Action** is the foundational key to all **success**. – **Picasso**

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction. - John F. Kennedy — There are risks and costs to **action**. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction. – **John F. Kennedy**

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in. - Napoleon Bonaparte — Take time to deliberate, but when the time for **action** has arrived, stop thinking and go in. – **Napoleon Bonaparte**

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action. - Tony Robbins — You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take **action**. – **Tony Robbins**

It's not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know. - Tony Robbins — It’s not knowing what to do, it’s doing what you know. – **Tony Robbins**

10 Quotes About Time and Productivity

“Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year-and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!”
Tony Robbins

Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else. - Peter Drucker — Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else. – **Peter Drucker**

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. - Stephen Covey — The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. – **Stephen Covey**

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. – Bruce Lee — If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. – **Bruce Lee**

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. - Stephen King — Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. – **Stephen King**

“Saying ‘I don’t have time’ really means ‘it’s not a priority.’ If someone offered you a ton of cash to do whatever you claim you don’t have time for… you’d probably find the time!”
Laura Vanderkam

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. - Albert Einstein — It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. – **Albert Einstein**

Ordinary people think merely of spending time, great people think of using it. - Arthur Schopenhauer — Ordinary people think merely of spending **time**, great people think of using it. – **Arthur Schopenhauer**

Don't wait. The time will never be just right. - Napoleon Hill — Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. – **Napoleon Hill**

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. - Warren Buffett — No matter how great the **talent** or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women **pregnant**. – **Warren Buffett**

12 Inspirational Quotes About Productivity

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
Steve Jobs

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. - Martin Luther King — You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – **Martin Luther King**

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night. - Michael Jordan — Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night. – **Michael Jordan**

One small, simple change in habit, one giant leap forward in productivity. - Darren Hardy — One small, simple **change** in **habit**, one giant leap forward in productivity. – **Darren Hardy**

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie — Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. – **Dale Carnegie**

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. - Albert Einstein — Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. – **Albert Einstein**

You don’t need a new plan for next year. You need a commitment. - Seth Godin — You don’t need a new plan for next year. You need a commitment. – **Seth Godin**

“I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.”
Tim Ferriss

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. - Stephen Hawking — Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. – **Stephen Hawking**

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable. - Coco Chanel — **Success** is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. –**Coco Chanel**

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. - Zig Ziglar — You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. – **Zig Ziglar**

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale — Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a **humble** but reasonable **confidence** in your own powers you cannot be successful or **happy**. – **Norman Vincent Peale**

5 Quotes on Work and Business Productivity

The most successful people are the most productive people. Living for productivity produces extraordinary results. - Gary Keller — The most **successful** people are the most productive people. Living for productivity produces extraordinary results. –**Gary Keller**

Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity. - James Sinegal — Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity. – **James Sinegal**

Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business. - Carlos Slim — Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the **business**. – **Carlos Slim**

Great businesses are built one productive person at a time. - Gary Keller — Great businesses are built one productive person at a time. –**Gary Keller**

You don't get paid for the hour, you get paid for the value you bring to the hour. - Jim Rohn — You don’t get paid for the hour, you get paid for the value you bring to the hour. – **Jim Rohn**

10 Wise Quotes on Productivity that will Make You Think

“The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.”
Thomas Edison