100 Punctual Quotes

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Famous Punctual Quotes

Punctuality is the soul of business. — Thomas C. Haliburton

The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time. — Laurence J. Peter

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

Punctuality is the thief of time - Oscar Wilde

Punctuality is the thief of time — Oscar Wilde

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. - Evelyn Waugh

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. — Evelyn Waugh

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Punctuality is closely related to faithfulness and dependability. Being tardy can be linked to uninterest, apathy, slothfulness and procrastination. — Sterling W Sill

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

The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Be on time because it shows you care. — Nick Saban

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already. — Lin Yutang

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time. — Lord Nelson

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time. — Horatio Nelson

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time. — Horace Mann

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. - William Shakespeare

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. — William Shakespeare

Short Punctual Quotes

  • As a rule, the civil-rights establishment is not punctual. — Tucker Carlson
  • I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine. — Peter Ustinov
  • It is always good to be careful or vigilant. — Didier Deschamps
  • My philosophy is that for complicated jobs, if you aren’t ahead of schedule, you’re already behind. — Scott Kelly
  • He who waits dies, he who makes others wait lives. — Filipino Proverbs
  • Better late than never is a bad plan for site reliability. — Cliff Lerner
  • It is more important to be right, than to be quick. — Thomas Phelps
  • When you gamble with your time, you may be placing a bet you can’t cover. — Gary Keller
  • Not just more time on task, but also better time on task. — Angela Duckworth
  • Patience is a virtue, have it if you can, seldom found in a woman, almost never in a man. — Thomas Phelps

Punctual Image Quotes

Being Punctual Quotes

My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie? — Billy Wilder

What I’ve learned mostly is that you have to be ruthless and you have to be consistent and you have to fit every day the culture of the club to create a winning mentality. — Mikel Arteta

We may assume that we keep people waiting symbolically because we do not wish to see them and that our anxiety is due not to being late, but to having to see them at all. — Cyril Connolly

I wish you would recollect that Painting and Punctuality mix like Oil and Vinegar, and that Genius and regularity are utter Enemies and must be to the end of time. — Thomas Gainsborough

Success comes down to this: being appropriate in the moments of your life. — Gary Keller

If I’m going to screw this thing up, it’s not going to be from a lack of focus. — Cliff Lerner

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. — Marvin J. Ashton

A Man consumes the Time you make him Wait In thinking of your Faults-so don't be late! — Arthur Guiterman

I come from a place where you had to keep your word, where people would stick with you no matter what… I just tried to be a man of my word. — Jay-Z

Punctuality is a virtue, If you don't mind being lonely. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Time Punctual Quotes

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. — Charles Dickens

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. — Lord Chesterfield

Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you. — Karen Joy Fowler

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time. — Oscar Wilde

Women really do want to be on time. It's just that everything starts so darn early. — Sela Ward

The most productive people work on event time. They don’t quit until their ONE thing is done. — Gary Keller

Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable and impersonal time schedule. — Georg Simmel

You may as well borrow a person's money as his time. — Horace Mann

Time on a task, over time, eventually beats talent every time. — Gary Keller

Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start. — E. W. Howe

Punctuality Quotes

People know that I have adopted four principles in living my life: simple living, punctuality, hard work and prudence. — Abdul Sattar Edhi

When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality. — George William Russell

Extraordinary results deemed that you set a priority and act on it. — Gary Keller

It is difficult to prove yourself reliable when people are required to wait for you. — Wes Fesler

When its errands are noble and adequate, a steamboat bridging the Atlantic between Old and New England, and arriving at its ports with the punctuality of a planet, is a step of man into harmony with nature. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A perfect track record can almost certainly mean that you are also letting a lot of good opportunities pass you. — Thomas Phelps

A lack of routine is just a breeding ground for perpetual procrastination. — Brianna Wiest

The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm. — Gelsey Kirkland

Punctuality is the politeness of kings. — Louis XVIII of France

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

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More Punctual Quotes

The natives are very exact and punctual in the bounds of their lands, belonging to this or that prince or people, even to a river, brook, &c. And I have known them make bargain and sale amongst themselves for a small piece or quantity of ground; notwithstanding a sinful opinion amongst many, that christians have right to heathen's lands. — Roger Williams

People, the common people, can genuinely see what I'm doing. Moreover, people know that I have adopted four principles in living my life: simple living, punctuality, hard work and prudence. These are the four principles I adopted at the very beginning and continue to use until now. People see this and give me donations. — Abdul Sattar Edhi

Live with purpose. Live by priority. Live for productivity. — Gary Keller

If there’s an employee who looks good on paper, but doesn’t reflect the company’s values, I should let them go sooner rather than later. — Cliff Lerner

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