Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.

You cannot grow more hours in the day. However, you can make better use of those hours.

You have all the time in the world, but don't waste a moment.

Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Were you already here?" he asked. "Yeah." "Didn't you just bring her home from work two hours ago?" "Yeah." Tripp chuckled and shook his head. "Did you even leave?" "No.

I just want to do the least work in the least time and make the most money.

Our Lord was 30 years preparing for 3 years of service. The modern stamp is to spend 3 hours preparing for 30 years of service.

you have to do more than just kill time or time will quickly kill you.

I recommend to you to take care of the minutes; for hours will take care of themselves. I am very sure, that many people lose two or three hours every day, by not taking care of the minutes.

I was told I got 10 measly minutes, but just in case, I brought 13 hours worth of material.

But why do only unimportant things?" asked Milo, who suddenly remembered how much time he spent each day doing them. "Think of all the trouble it saves," the man explained, and his face looked as if he'd be grinning an evil grin--if he could grin at all. "If you only do the easy and useless jobs, you'll never have to worry about the important ones which are so difficult. You just won't have the time. For there's always something to do to keep you from what you really should be doing, and if it weren't for that dreadful magic staff, you'd never know how much time you were wasting.

What is urgent will always take precedence over what is important.

Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.

A man was desired to rise from bed because the sun was already up. He replied: "If I had as far to go and as much to do as he has, I should be up by now; but having but a little way to go, I shall not get up yet."

The infinite we shall do right away. The finite may take a little longer.

You don't look at it as the size of the role. Quantity is not the point. You can be as thorough in 30 seconds as you can in three hours.

One intense hour is worth a dreamy day.

The most successful people have the same twenty-four hours in a day that you do.

Nothing in business is so valuable as time.

He who attempts to do all will waste his life in doing little.

Rather do what is nothing to the purpose than be idle; that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits is easily shot, when fliers scape the fowler. Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all the virtues, and the self-made sepulchre of a living man.

Once you have a clear picture of your priorities - that is values, goals, and high leverage activities - organize around them.

You cannot give me an instance of any man who is permitted to lay out his own time contriving not to have tedious hours.

I mean time management is a big factor in my life. I'm a very organized person. You can only do one thing at a time, so that's the main way I do everything. When I'm with my kids, I'm with my kids. When I'm directing a movie, I'm directing a movie. When I'm making Magic Mike, I'm making Magic Mike. So you just really have to fragment and focus.