Productivity Quotes

Productivity Quotes

Are you struggling with being productive at what you do? These excellent productivity quotes are just the right inspiration you need to be at your overall best performance level.

For you to be productive each day, you’ll have to have an excellent source of motivation.

This is because you can’t have the same energy level all the time.

There’ll be days when the pressure would suck up all your zeal and enthusiasm.

Even more, there’ll be days when you’ll feel like just sleeping all day or having fun all day.

So, when this happens what do you do?

Will productivity quotes help?

Although, there are productivity apps that you can use to keep track of your productivity level.

However, of what use will the productivity tracker be if you lack the motivation to do what you ought to.

Imagine this scenario.

Let’s say you have to write a 5,000 words article for a client with a three days deadline.

Also, you have this to-do list app to remind you that you have to start writing by 8 pm every day in order to meet up with the deadline.

Yes, this app tells you when to start working.

However, what happens when you are all tired from a hard day’s job and you just feel like crashing on your bed and calling it a day.

At this time, an inspiring productivity quote will be what you need to motivate you to do what you ought to at the appropriate time.

Productivity quotes can be very inspirational.

Similarly, productivity quotes can also motivate you to give in your best to your work.

Even more, with the inspiration you’ll get from these productivity quotes, you’ll stop being busy and become more productive.

These 236 productivity quotes are all filled with inspirational words that will make you all fired up for work even on your worst workdays.

236 Productivity Quotes 

1The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – Walt Disney

2The way you start your day powerfully shapes how you productively live it. – Robin Sharma

3As a business owner, it’s very easy to fall into the trap of being busy, and being busy is not necessarily productive. – Tim Ferriss

4There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. – John F. Kennedy

5There are three 8–hour workdays in one 24–hour day. Pick which two you want to work and you will be successful. – Anonymous

6There is no substitute for hard work. – Thomas A. Edison

7If you end your day feeling like you got nothing done, it’s because you weren’t working: you were busy, not productive. – Richie Norton

8Therefore, to maximize your productivity, deliberately focus on precisely one thing at a time. – Oran Kangas

9There’s a tendency to mistake preparation for productivity. You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you’ll never be successful. – Shia LaBeouf

10To be productive, effective and to live a life of understanding and wisdom is not to waste time. – Sunday Adelaja

11To reach the pinnacle of your writings potential; productivity becomes obsolete. – Marston James

12To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult. – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

13Today is the most productive day of the week. – Mark Hunter

14Today my goal is to be more productive than I was yesterday, and tomorrow more productive than today. – Noel DeJesus

15Understanding your employee’s perspective can go a long way towards increasing productivity and happiness. – Kathryn Minshew

16Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans. – Peter Drucker

17Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else. – Peter Drucker

18We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies in the minds of those closest to the work. – Jack Welch

19We need space to be productive, we need places to go to be free. – Laure Lacornette

20What constitutes work? In short, I would say the valuable attributes you have in relation to how you can productively use them. All attributes have value, but they have worth if they are used productively. – Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

21What 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

22When employees respect each other and get along in the workplace, it’s amazing how productivity increases, morale increases and employees are more courteous to customers. – Maureen Wild

23When we simplify, we are attending to our minds. Clear minds lead to creativity, vision, health, and productivity. – Angela Lynne Craig

24When you waste a moment, you have killed it in a sense, squandering an irreplaceable opportunity. But when you use the moment properly, filling it with purpose and productivity, it lives on forever. – Menachem Mendel Schneerson

25Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it. – Theodore Roosevelt

26While many people talk about profits and productivity as the necessary ingredients, I believe that a business’s long term success is built on staff who love working there and customers who love the company’s products or services. – Richard Branson

27Work is a process, and any process needs to be controlled. To make work productive, therefore, requires building the appropriate controls into the process of work. – Peter F. Drucker

28Your addiction to daily distraction denies you of effectiveness. – Bernard Kelvin Clive

29Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them. – David Allen

30Nowadays, business is all about productivity – and our folks produce. – John Hoeven

31A core link to my productivity is my heartbeat. I’m lucky because I’m alive now, living a purpose and may be dead later. – Ifeoluwa Egbetade

32A lot of productivity is capturing ideas. I use a wiki – it’s more valuable than e–mail for running a company – and I have a page for every person with whom I interact frequently. – Garrett Camp

33A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and profits. – Amit Kalantri

34A productivity plan not only makes your goals much clearer to you but also brings an end to the chaos in your life. It acts like a blueprint. – Vishal Ostwal

35A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone. – Rick Riordan

36A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else that had set me off, roused me into productivity and creativity. – Mary Garden

37Working hard doesn’t necessarily mean being productive, unless it is accompanied with an effective strategic plan of action. – Edmond Mbiaka

38Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard. – Caterina Fake

Inspirational Productivity Quotes

39Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action. – Paul J. Meyer

40A worker without genius is better than a genius who won’t work. – Leopold Auer

41A work–only zone does wonders for your productivity. So, I prefer working at the office now. I spend 8 focused hours there, then I go home to be present with my family. – Derek Sivers

42Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is specifically your own. – Bruce Lee

43Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso

44Activity never equaled productivity. Inspect every activity to ensure you are producing right. – Bidemi Mark–Mordi

45Activity leads to productivity. – Jim Rohn

46Advanced technology changes the way we work and the skills we need, but it also boosts productivity and creates new jobs. – Alain Dehaze

47All our productivity, leverage, and insight comes from being part of a community, not apart from it. The goal, I think, is to figure out how to become more dependent, not less. – Seth Godin

48All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else. – Plato

49You can be the most productive person in your area of your calling if you can just isolate yourself and learn to convert your time into. – Sunday Adelaja

50You can’t get much done in life if you only work on days when you feel good. – Jerry West

51You don’t get paid for the hour, you get paid for the value you bring to the hour. – Jim Rohn

52Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. – Stephen King

53As I am focused on only what I want, I get only what I want. – Dr. Hank

54As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning. – Criss Jami, Killosophy

55As long as you’re been positive, you’re being productive. – Anonymous

56At our core, Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile–first and cloud–first world. – Satya Nadella

57At our core, Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile–first and cloud–first world. – Satya Nadella

58Authority, when abused through micromanagement, intimidation, or verbal or nonverbal threats makes people shut down & productivity ceases. – John Stoker

59Automate, regulate, effectuate all, remove decisions from your head. What are you left with? Deep thinking, questioning, wondering.. Your aching brain will thank you. – Neil Pasricha

60Be strategic about productivity. Do less exceptionally well, instead of doing more in an average way. – Laurie Buchanan

61Become great by converting your time into quality product. – Sunday Adelaja

62Being busy does not always mean real work. 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 A. Edison

63Being busy is not the same as being productive. In fact, being busy is a form of laziness; lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. – Tim Ferries

64Being busy means doing stuff, being productive means getting stuff done. – Anonymous

65Being mindful of our energy and the energy of others can help us to lead a happier, more productive life. – Akiroq Brost

66Bio–Technology is expected to play a major role in improving productivity. – Tariq Anwar

67Business and its logic of productivity have become the reference point in the society that thinks marketing every time it opens its mouth. – Corinne Maier

68By starting to pay attention to our natural soundscapes, businesses can reduce staff turnover, increase productivity, and increase profits. – Julian Treasure

69Cease to think of an impossibility and you will seize an opportunity for productivity. Excellence comes when you leave thoughts of impossibilities behind and live by the focus of faith and hope in the face of difficulty. – Israelmore Ayivor

70Cell phones, mobile e–mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity. – Robin S. Sharma

71Choose the time of day or night when your energies are highest and conduct business at that time. – The Mafia Manager

72Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. – Alexander Graham Bell

73Connectivity is productivity whether it’s in a modern office or an underdeveloped village. – Iqbal Quadir

74Create with the heart; build with the mind. – Criss Jami

75Creativity is key to productivity and prosperity. – Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

76Creativity produces productivity. – Mike Vance

77Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don’t have as much to sell. Your workers don’t want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That’s inflation. – W. Edwards Deming

More Inspirational Productivity Quotes

78Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion. – B. C. Forbes

79Distractions can make a day feel like an hour. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana

80Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently. – James Cash Penney

81Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. – Dale Carnegie

82Doing nothing can be as rewarding as doing something. And doing very little can be as productive, in a creative sense, as doing a lot. – Fennel Hudson

83Don’t be so concerned about becoming productive that productivity itself becomes an obstacle to your work. – Vishal Ostwal

84Don’t encourage overtime. Tell your people that the best way to impress you is to do a great job in the time allotted for it and then go home and relax. – The Mafia Manager

85Don’t think about what can happen in a month. Don’t think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can do to get closer to where you want to be. – Eric Thomas

86Don’t confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy. – Robin Sharma

87It’s surprising how much free time and productivity you gain when you lose the busyness in your mind. – Brittany Burgunder

88I’ve come to understand that migraine is a part of the personality. I have migraine troughs. These often follow high productivity. I have a hypo–manic phase, then I’ll crash. – Siri Hustvedt

89Knowledge is the source of wealth. Applied to tasks we already know, it becomes productivity. Applied to tasks that are new, it becomes innovation. – Peter Drucker

90Leaders know the great deal of productivity that comes out of a strong self–esteem. They help others to develop this esteem so that productivity can increase. – Israelmore Ayivor

91Life is too complicated not to be orderly. – Martha Stewart

92Life management is not about BUSYNESS; it is about PRODUCTIVENESS and EFFECTIVENESS – major on the major things in life, not the minors. – Farshad Asl

93Make each day your masterpiece. – John Wooden

94Make it work then make it better. – Anonymous

95Most of my ideas are based on the latest research on productivity, performance and mental mastery, that’s why so many iconic companies bring me in to help them grow and win. – Robin Sharma

96Most people have just two really productive hours a day, and those two hours might be sufficient if they belonged entirely to you. – Dan Ariely

97My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do. – Francine Jay

98My productivity is overwhelming! – Jason Statham

99Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. – Colin Powell

100Never mistake motion for action. – Ernest Hemingway

101No 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

102No matter how high you climb, there will always be a room for you to turn your creativity and productivity up some notches. – Edmond Mbiaka

103Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all. – Peter Drucker

104Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. – Henry Ford

105Your productivity will double with increase physical activity. – Lailah Gifty Akita

106On my desk, I have three screens, synchronized to form a single desktop, I can drag items from one screen to the next. Once you have that large display area, you’ll never go back because it has a direct impact on productivity. – Bill Gates

107Once 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

108One of the great challenges of our age, in which the tools of our productivity are also the tools of our leisure, is to figure out how to make more useful those moments of procrastination when we’re idling in front of our computer screens. – Joshua Foer

109One of the most valuable gifts that a person can give (or receive) is a productive mentality. It is with a productive mentality that people change their lives for the better, in ways profound. – Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

110Only be productive if you are in the right mental, physical and emotional space to do so. If you are sick, quit trying to make things happen. – Kelly Martin

111Ordinary people think merely of spending time, great people think of using it. – Arthur Schopenhauer

112Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity… and these in turn rely on the education of our people. – Julia Gillard

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113Over the long run, the unglamorous habit of frequency fosters both productivity and creativity. – Gretchen Rubin

114Don’t interpret anything too much. This is time waster number 1. – Dee Dee Artner

115Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. – Napoleon Hill

116Don’t worry about breaks every 20 minutes ruining your focus on a task. Contrary to what I might have guessed, taking regular breaks from mental tasks actually improves your creativity and productivity. Skipping breaks, on the other hand, leads to stress and fatigue. – Tom Rath

Additonal Productivity Quotes

117Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things. – Peter Drucker

118Efficiency is doing better what is already being done. – Peter Drucker

119Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. – Benjamin Franklin

120Email is familiar. It’s comfortable. It’s easy to use. But it might just be the biggest killer of time and productivity in the office today. – Ryan Holmes

121Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person, not just an employee are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability. – Anne M Mulcahy

122Employers who violate rules of fairness are punished by reduced productivity, and merchants who follow unfair pricing policies can expect to lose sales. – Daniel Kahneman

123Empowering small farmers to increase productivity, improve crop quality and access reliable markets is critical to addressing global hunger and poverty. – Sylvia Mathews Burwell

124Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well. – Margaret J. Wheatley

125Everyday that I procrastinate, everyday that I sit stagnant in fear, everyday that I fail to better myself, someone else out there with the same goals and dreams as me is doing the exact opposite. – Noel DeJesus

126Everyone follows an unwritten productivity plan. Chances are, you already have one even if you don’t know about it. – Vishal Ostwal

127Focus on being productive than being busy. – Tim Ferris

128Follow effective actions with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. – Peter Drucker

129For most of the 20th century, we didn’t just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world’s most productive companies, and our unions made sure that productivity led to broad middle class prosperity. – Jennifer Granholm

130Forget all the reasons why it won’t work and believe the one reason why it will. – Ziad K. Abdelnour

131From my own perspective, I value productivity more than tradition, but the customs of the House evolve slowly. – Jared Polis

132Gentleness doesn’t get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying egg.s – Coco Chanel

133Globally, manufacturing jobs are on the decline, simply because productivity growth has outpaced growth in demand. – Joseph Stiglitz

134Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further. – Thomas Carlyle

135Good well–being promotes good productivity. – Lailah Gifty Akita

136Happiness inspires productivity. – Shawn Achor

137High productivity and a healthy environment are two unconditionally entwined buddies. Our process allows us to abort any attempts toward crucifying either of the two; because as soon as one of them dies, the other follows suit. – Pawan Mishra

138I do believe in the energy and the productivity of the American business world. – Clint Eastwood

139I have a lot of nervous energy. Work is my best way of channelling that into something productive unless I want to wind up assaulting the postman or gardener. – Ben Stiller

140I have always advocated for funding and programs that increase our productivity and competitiveness. – George Allen

141If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. – Benjamin Franklin

142If productivity grows, the economy does well. – Edward C. Prescott

143If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth. – Tony Abbott

144If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? – John Wooden

145If you don’t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves. – David Allen

146If you have time to whine then you have time to find solution. – Dee Dee Artner

147If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. – Bruce Lee

148If you want to be more productive, then start at the start, get there on time. – Richard Branson

149Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that’s more productive. – Donald Trump

150Passion is a fuel to run your engine in order to give more productivity. – Myra Yadav

151Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity. – James Sinegal

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152Physical activity promotes high productivity. – Lailah Gifty Akita

153Position yourself to succeed by doing the other things in your life that rejuvenate you. Exhaustion affects your quality and productivity. – Jeff VanderMeer

154Prior Planning Produces Positive Performance. – Salley Farquharson

155Priority management is the answer to maximising the time you have. – John Maxwell

156Productivity = Discipline + Planning + Quality – Haresh Sippy

157Productivity 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

158Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth. – William E. Simon

159Productivity depends on many factors, including our workforce’s knowledge and skills and the quantity and quality of the capital, technology, and infrastructure that they have to work with. – Janet Yellen

160Productivity doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be easily boosted through a manageable combination of the right tools, resources, and habits to make the most of your time. – Caroline Ghosn

161Productivity growth, however it occurs has a disruptive side to it. In short term, most things that contribute to productivity growth are very painful. – Janet Yellen

162Productivity growth is the only possible way to achieve prosperity. – Mario Draghi

163Productivity is a relative matter and it’s really insignificant; what is ultimately important is a writer’s strongest books. – Joyce Carol Oates

164Productivity is about looking forward. Looking back too much, or trying to be too much of a perfectionist, can destroy that productivity. So keep going. Keep creating. Keep building. – Audrey Moralez

165Productivity is about working in a manner which gets you results instead of merely keeping you busy. – Vishal Ostwal

166Productivity is driven at the enterprise level. Better wages, better performing workplaces, are driven at the workplace level. – Bill Shorten

167Productivity is less about what you do with your time. And more about how you run your mind. – Robin S. Sharma

168Productivity is never an accident, it is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. – Paul J. Meyer

169Productivity is not what will bring purpose to your life, but what will enable you to excel in living out your existing purpose. – Tim Challies

170Productivity is not just about doing more, it is about creating more impact with less work. – Anonymous

171Productivity is the deliberate, strategic investment of your time, talent, intelligence, energy, resources, and opportunities in a manner calculated to move you measurably closer to meaningful goals. – Dan S. Kennedy

172Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before. – Franz Kafka

173Productivity; true productivity will never be better or stronger than the foundation you build it upon. – Tim Challies

174Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work. – Zig Ziglar

175Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business. – Carlos Slim

176If you want to double your productively, shorten the timeline to by 50%. – Richie Norton

177If you want to be more productive, you need to become a master of your minutes. – Crystal Paine

178If you want to increase productivity, cut the timeline in half. – Richie Norton

179Improve quality, you automatically improve productivity. – W. Edwards Deming

180Improved productivity means less human sweat, not more. – Henry Ford

181In a world where we emphasize the creation of new products through rapid iteration and experimentation, we often forget to step back and make sure that the future we are racing to is one we truly want to create. – Ann Miura–Ko

182In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create. – Raoul Vaneigem

183In the private sector, there is always innovation. There’s always change. There’s always improving productivity and if you’re not leading that, you’ ll be passed and ultimately go out of business. So there’s an urgency to constantly update and renew and to rethink your enterprise. – Mitt Romney

184In trying to find who you are, be less destructive and more constructive. Look at art or whatever your passion is and be productive. – Nirrimi Joy Hakanson

185Individual income can grow only as fast as productivity rises. – Alex Berenson

186Investing in the connections among teams members both increase productivity and reduce risk. – Margaret Heffernan

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187It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? – Henry David Thoreau

188It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. – Charles Darwin

189It stands to reason: Higher wages means higher loyalty and moral, which means higher productivity, which means a more profitable business. – Thomas Perez

190It takes time, patience, productivity and persistence to ‘pop the oil’; just keep digging. Worthy investments take time to show positive returns. – T.F. Hodge

191Quality, productivity and innovation can be significantly increased if companies provide all employees with practical tools for exploiting potential information. – William Hunter

192Reflect on what you do in your day. You may have never realized how some simple harmless activities rob you of precious time. – Vivek Naik

193Researchers have found there is simply no correlation between hurry or Type–A behavior and productivity. – John Ortberg Jr.

194Secret to Productivity is single tasking: Focus only on one task at hand. And don’t start another till that one is completely done. – Vivek Naik

195Should 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

196Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest. – Leo Babauta

197Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the desks—cutting loose debris that’s impeding forward motion. – David Allen

198Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night. – Michael Jordan

199Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible. – Francis Of Assisi

200Start 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

201Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence. – Alan Watts

202Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite. – Paul Gauguin

203Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. – Albert Einstein

204Success is always the final outcome when one adopts the habit of embracing each day with a high level of enthusiasm and productivity. – Edmond Mbiaka

205Tech companies are famous for providing freedom for engineers to customize their environments & experiment with new tools… allowing for this freedom helps creativity and productivity. – Alex Stamos

206The accumulation of non–obvious, ineffective, or misapplied actions leads to low productivity. – Chris Behnke

207Become great by converting your time into quality product. – Sunday Adelaja

208The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison. – James Cash Penny

209The checklist is one of the most high powered productivity tool ever discovered. – Brian Tracy

210The common goal of leaders is to increase the value and productivity of people. Leaders inspire others to do better than they would have been done when not inspired. – Israelmore Ayivor

211The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do. – Bill Phillips

212The elegance under pressure is the result of fearlessness. – Ashish Patel

213The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. – Stephen Covey

214The key to productive life is a complete care for the body, soul, spirit and mental well being. – Lailah Gifty Akita

215The key to productivity is to rotate your avoidance techniques. – Shannon Wheeler

216The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings. – Thomas Sowell

217The more you eliminate the inefficient use of information, the better it is for productivity. – Mitch Kapor

218The most highly motivated and productive employees push hard because they feel like their work makes a difference to attaining worthy goals. – Anonymous

219The perfect is the enemy of the good. – Voltaire

220The productivity of a work group seems to depend on how the group members see their own goals in relation to the goals of the organization. – Ken Blanchard

221The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager. – Peter Drucker

222The 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

223The secret to productivity is simplicity. – Robin Sharma

224The shift in demand is toward partners that can improve productivity, and in part, that can be done by software. – Frans van Houten

225The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity. – Tom Peters

226The society based on production is only productive, not creative. – Albert Camus

227The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. – Benjamin E. Mays

228The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. – Carlos Castaneda

229The true price of anything you do is the amount of time you exchange for it. – Henry David Thoreau

230The unique value that Microsoft can add is around productivity and platforms. Productivity is broadly something we can uniquely do. – Satya Nadella

231It’s not always that we need to do more but rather that we need to focus on less. – Nathan W. Morris

232It’s the perfect recipe for reducing stress and having a pleasant and productive evening. – Amy Leigh Mercree

233It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. – Lena Morne

234You get distracted and become busy instead of being productive. You dedicate your skills and capabilities to the work that doesn’t count. That’s when you get sidetracked by the illusion of work. – Vishal Ostwal

235You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong. – Warren Buffett

236You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. – Zig Ziglar

Conclusion On Productivity Quotes

Being motivated is one sure way to remain productive and efficient at what you do.

These productivity quotes are productivity advice from super productive and successful people.

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