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.

Productivity growth is the only possible way to achieve prosperity. Mario Draghi
Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence. Alan Watts
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks. Warren Buffett
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. John F. Kennedy
Productivity and efficiency can be achieved only step by step with sustained hard work, relentless attention to details and insistence on the highest standards of quality and performance. J. R. D. Tata
Productivity is less about what you do with your time. And more about how you run your mind. Robin Sharma
You will boost your productivity with active exercise. Lailah Gifty Akita
Forget what we became, what matters is what we've become, and our potentials to overcome. Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel
Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. Benjamin Franklin
There's usually more than one way to complete a task. I will not stay stuck in my ways. I will remain motivated and open minded. Izey Victoria Odiase
Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it Stephen Hawking
Productivity is a relative matter. And it's really insignificant: What is ultimately important is a writer's strongest books. Joyce Carol Oates
Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss. Lee Iacocca
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? William Shakespeare
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. Muhammad Ali
Poets aren't very useful. Because they aren't consumable or very produceful. Ogden Nash
If all we're looking at is productivity increases by downsizing, it's game over for America. Stephen S. Roach
Productivity is a function of attitude, and cost is a function of productivity. So it all comes down to attitude. John Charvat
Ideas are one thing, and what happens is another. John Cage
Don't confuse being busy with being productive. Just because you're busy all the time doesn't mean you're getting closer to your goals. Karen McKenna
No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you'd be more productive. Dr. Joyce Brothers
It is precisely the way which is productive— this is the essential thing; becoming is more important than being... Paul Klee
The whole notion of 'productive' is an assembly-line notion that is now being outgrown. A scholar should take a creative interest in his subject, and what will make the 'productive' compulsion less universal will be the rise in adult education. Northrop Frye
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without culture, so the mind, without cultivation, can never produce good fruit. Seneca
It is my belief that heightened productivity will come to all who work with them. Julia Cameron
If you don't lead a healthy lifestyle, your productivity will be completely screwed. Richard Branson
The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity. Tom Peters
The purpose of life is not to be happy— but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all. Leo Rosten
Focus on being productive instead of busy. Tim Ferriss
Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else. Peter Drucker