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Welcome to our curated collection of productivity quotes. Everyone generally wants to be productive with their time, at work and in life in general, but what constitutes productivity? What is the best way to achieve it? And is that truly how worth should be measured?

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quote by Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel: Progress occurs where truths are questioned. with background image:

Progress occurs where truths are questioned.

--Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel


quote by Corita Kent: Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while. with background image: photo of author Corita Kent with quote: Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while....

Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.

--Corita Kent
quote by Corita Kent: Nothing is a mistake. There's no win and no fail. There's only make. with background image: photo of author Corita Kent with quote: Nothing is a mistake. There's no win and no fail. There's only make....

Nothing is a mistake. There's no win and no fail. There's only make.

--Corita Kent




quote by Ezra Taft Benson: Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive. with background image: photo of author Ezra Taft Benson with quote: Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive....

Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.

--Ezra Taft Benson
quote by Hesiod: No day is wholly unproductive of good. with background image: photo of author Hesiod with quote: No day is wholly unproductive of good....

No day is wholly unproductive of good.

--Hesiod
quote by Jack Ma: If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one. with background image: photo of author Jack Ma with quote: If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one....

If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one.

--Jack Ma


quote by Mokokoma Mokhonoana: To focus is to ignore. with background image:

To focus is to ignore.

--Mokokoma Mokhonoana
quote by Paul Gauguin: Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite. with background image: photo of author Paul Gauguin with quote: Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result...

Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.

--Paul Gauguin
quote by Paul J. Meyer: Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action. with background image:

Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action.

--Paul J. Meyer

quote by Robin Sharma: Productivity is less about what you do with your time. And more about how you run your mind. with background image: photo of author Robin Sharma with quote: Productivity is less about what you do with your time. And more about how you run your mind....

Productivity is less about what you do with your time. And more about how you run your mind.

--Robin Sharma
quote by Samuel Butler: If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we canno… with background image: photo of author Samuel Butler with quote: If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised t...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.

--Samuel Butler
quote by Seth Godin: I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else. with background image: photo of author Seth Godin with quote: I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best...

I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else.

--Seth Godin

quote by Shawn Achor: Smart vacations lead to greater happiness and energy at work and, therefore, greater productivity, intelligence, and resilience. with background image: photo of author Shawn Achor with quote: Smart vacations lead to greater happiness and energy at work and, therefore, greater productivity, i...

Smart vacations lead to greater happiness and energy at work and, therefore, greater productivity, intelligence, and resilience.

--Shawn Achor
quote by Steven Pressfield: Someone once asked Somerset Maugham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. I write only when inspiration strikes, he… with background image: photo of author Steven Pressfield with quote: Someone once asked Somerset Maugham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. I ...

Someone once asked Somerset Maugham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. I write only when inspiration strikes, he replied. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.
That's a pro.

--Steven Pressfield





quote by Janet Yellen: Productivity growth, however it occurs, has a disruptive side to it. In the short term, most things that contribute to productivity growth … with background image: photo of author Janet Yellen with quote: Productivity growth, however it occurs, has a disruptive side to it. In the short term, most things ...

Productivity growth, however it occurs, has a disruptive side to it. In the short term, most things that contribute to productivity growth are very painful.

--Janet Yellen








quote by Douglas Hofstadter: Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. with background image:

Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.

--Douglas Hofstadter



quote by James Heckman: Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist -- these are the attributes that get people in the door a… with background image:

Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist -- these are the attributes that get people in the door and on the job, and lead to productive lives.

--James Heckman
quote by Jason Fried: It feels good to be productive. with background image:

It feels good to be productive.

--Jason Fried








quote by Haresh Sippy: Productivity = Discipline + Planning + Quality. with background image:

Productivity = Discipline + Planning + Quality.

--Haresh Sippy







quote by Darren Hardy: Productivity isn't magic. It's discipline. with background image: photo of author Darren Hardy with quote: Productivity isn't magic. It's discipline....

Productivity isn't magic. It's discipline.

--Darren Hardy




quote by Maciej Aniserowicz: Continuous learning is the new procrastination. with background image:

Continuous learning is the new procrastination.

--Maciej Aniserowicz

quote by Douglas B. Reeves: Vision without implementation is counterproductive. with background image:

Vision without implementation is counterproductive.

--Douglas B. Reeves


quote by Liza Wisner: Learn something new and grow somehow, someway, every day. with background image:

Learn something new and grow somehow, someway, every day.

--Liza Wisner
quote by Liza Wisner: There is no point in being a dreamer if you are not a doer. with background image:

There is no point in being a dreamer if you are not a doer.

--Liza Wisner



quote by Elbert Hubbard: All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity. with background image: photo of author Elbert Hubbard with quote: All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity....

All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.

--Elbert Hubbard
quote by Oliver Sacks: I have to live in the richest, deepest, most productive way I can. with background image: photo of author Oliver Sacks with quote: I have to live in the richest, deepest, most productive way I can....

I have to live in the richest, deepest, most productive way I can.

--Oliver Sacks
quote by Peter Drucker: Knowledge applied is productivity. with background image: photo of author Peter Drucker with quote: Knowledge applied is productivity....

Knowledge applied is productivity.

--Peter Drucker
quote by Michael Jordan: Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night. with background image: photo of author Michael Jordan with quote: Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night....

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.

--Michael Jordan
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