Ella Woodward Quotes

When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.

No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

The great thing in life is efficiency. If you amount to anything in the world, your time is valuable, your energy precious. They are your success capital, and you cannot afford to heedlessly throw them away or trifle with them.

You can't get anything done hanging out all day long.

As I get older, the idea of wasting time is becoming more and more abhorrent to me and I can't stand the idea of simply lying in bed.

We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we've done it.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.

I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.

Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.

I really love working. It makes me feel like an even better person when I work. I function much better if I have a really rigid schedule. When I'm left to my own devices, I can just be all over the place.

The most important part of life is work, it's the flow, it's getting stuff done, feeling like you're doing something.

Every minute you spend in your life is either spent bringing you closer to your goals or moving you away from your goals.

I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

I'm used to being productive, ever since I was young.

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

I always got my work done before playing.

I always find something to keep me busy.

I discovered that the best thing for me was to be very busy all the time. I can get a lot done, and I can do those tasks well.

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.

Do the day's work.