Elbert Hubbard Quotes

If you want to get something done, give it to a busy man.

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.

The best person to get something done is a busy person.

Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.

The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day. Never let your correspondence fall behind. Whatever piece of business you have in hand, before stopping, do all the labor pertaining to it which can then be done.

I took two important phone calls while in the shower today because I'm a goddam professional.

If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it twice.

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.

I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.

With my responsibilities comes having to manage my time more efficiently.

Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business.

To give the best of the day to your work is most important.

Time management is really key for me.

If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: get there on time. Whether it is a meeting, a flight, an appointment or a date, it's important to ensure you are there when you say you will be there. This may feel like an old-fashioned tip to give, but it has served me well for five decades in business.

I take care of business.

I was always first in, last out, but not inefficiently.

Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?'

Do the jobs you like least first. It makes each successive job easier.

If you can focus the energy into something valuable, put that into work ethic.

The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.

Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.

Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to you.

Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."