Productivity Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old productivity quotes, productivity sayings, and productivity proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

You don't need a new plan for next year. You need a commitment. Seth Godin
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
Ordinary people think merely of spending time, great people think of using it. Arthur Schopenhauer
Effective performance is preceded by painstaking preparation. Brian Tracy
No matter how many personal productivity techniques you master, there will always be more to do than you can ever accomplish in the time you have available to you, no matter how much it is. Brian Tracy
Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes in a day. Denis Waitley
You don't get paid for the hour, you get paid for the value you bring to the hour. Jim Rohn
What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to 50 percent. Susan Cain
Over the long run, the unglamorous habit of frequency fosters both productivity and creativity. Gretchen Rubin
Creativity isn't about wild talent as much as it's about productivity. To find new ideas that work, you need to try a lot that don't. It's a pure numbers game. Robert Sutton