Leonard Bernstein Quotes

I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.

I love to keep busy. But I never forget it's the countdown that made it all possible.

Nothing concerns me other than my time. That is my only concern. I don't pay any attention to the rest. I run after time. If that improves, the gold, silver, etc. will follow.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

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.

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and when you're in law, things really have to get done, or somebody sues you. It's a great trick.

I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.

You can have the best product in the world, you can have the best motivation in the world, you can have best education in the world, you can have all the money in the world - but if you don't have direction, you'll never go anywhere.

I set some goals: little goals first and then the big ones. I stopped thinking about big achievements.

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

Smart work pays best. Trust it.

Prepare while others are daydreaming.

Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much.

The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter.

If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon.

Life is too short to waste . . . 'Twill soon be dark; Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!

I learned how to order my thoughts, and most important, learned how to develop a plan. I discovered the power of a plan. If you can plan it out, and it seems logical to you, you can do it. And that was the secret to success.

I don't need time, I need a deadline.

We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind.

GOALS are dreams with deadlines, and without those deadlines, our dreams are dead in the water.

Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's easy to beat most folks.

My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.

I hate wasting time.