Dag Hammarskjold Quotes

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.

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

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.

I'm always busy, but I'm lazy as well.

I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time.

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.

Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That's just hot air.

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

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

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

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.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

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.

I suppose all of us - we have the old Protestant work ethic of feeling guilty when you're not working, and getting a buzz from feeling like you're really busy. That's the reason to sort of carry on.

It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.

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

You can spend your time daydreaming or make use of it in other ways.

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.

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

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

I like to always be as productive as possible.

What I'm trying to do is maximize every day.

I finished my dissertation six weeks early. Who does that? As soon as something comes in, I like it to go out.

Free time is the enemy of progress