Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

At first I probably seem very abrupt, but I like efficiency. There's work and there's play, and I always think: 'Let's get the work over with so we can thoroughly enjoy the play.'

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

I like efficient people. I'm pretty impatient, so I can't stand people who putter around.

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

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.

Do each day all that can be done that day. You don't need to overwork or to rush blindly into your work trying to do the greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible time. Don't try to do tomorrow's or next week's work today. It's not the number of things you do, but the quality, the efficiency of each separate action that count. To achieve this "habit of success," you need only to focus on the most important tasks and succeed in each small task of each day.

The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have.

People who can focus, get things done. People who can prioritize, get the right things done.

Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.

I don’t waste time. I move. I finish things. I don’t try and do things to the nth degree. I know what’s important and what’s not. I’ve really learned that. That’s a judgement I’ve learned, what really matters.

He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.

People with good work habits have to-do lists that are reasonably prioritized, and they make themselves do what needs to be done. By contrast, people with poor work habits almost randomly react to the stuff that comes at them, or they can't bring themselves to do the things they need to do but don't like to do (or are unable to do).

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.

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.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

I like to work fast.

You can have fun, but when it is time to work, work hard and be focused.

Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?

I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.

When you're at work, it's about being present and getting as much done as humanly possible.

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

I've always been really good at staying busy. Even while I'm working, I'm looking at what the next thing is.

I always got my work done before playing.

Faffing, of course, does not fit the programme. We are supposed to be busy, productive citizens.