Alexa Von Tobel Quotes

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.

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

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

I'm at my desk before nine, and I go all day. I'm not necessarily productive all day, but really, who is?

Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.

Over the last four years, I've made a habit of coming into my office in the morning and just getting to work.

I take breaks now and then. But when I work, I get things done at a fast pace.

Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!

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

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

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.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.

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.

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.'

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.

Every hour of useful work is precious.

My mother was a pediatrician, and she kept busy hours. I learned from her you could pack a lot into the day. Every minute had to count, and multitasking was a given.

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.

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.

The added work load of a degree has made me focus a lot more when I am in work.