Francis Quarles Quotes

Business before pleasure.

You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.

I only have two things in my life, my family and work. If there's any time left over, then I play sports.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Play so that you may be serious.

I knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.

Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and the latter should not predominate over the former.

I always got my work done before playing.

My manager always preaches golf comes first.

I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well.

I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go out and party. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs and I'm not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work.

You've just got to have to put the work in. Put work first. Put the hours in and the time in, and do your job. And when you get a little time off, you can go out and have a little fun. But you have to make sure you get done what you need to get done first off.

I want to concentrate on work and won't do anything to divert my concentration.

My dad gave me this advice: 'Make what you want to do for the rest of your life the first thing you do in the day and then worry about hanging out with friends.'

If you don't create structure, your time will get eaten up pretty quickly. And the alternative is harsher than you think, because the world will suck it up.

I'm mature enough to understand I can find time to do other things without disturbing my focus for basketball.

You have to protect your writing time. You have to protect it to the death.

Work. Don't Think. Relax.

Never drink if you've got any work to do. Never.

You have to be able to do a bunch of things at once, and not think about things you're not doing while you're doing other things. You have to be disciplined about not trying to do everything, all at the same time. It's hard and fun.

One either meets or one works.

While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other.

Best productivity tool ever invented? Easy...the word "no".

While I am on, I can discipline myself to that extent. When I am off, I can't discipline myself at all. On the other hand, when I am off, there are so many things I like doing, it doesn't really matter.

I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.