Read these 25 powerful productivity quotes to supercharge your motivation on days when you have lots to do but all you feel like doing is sitting in your comfy chair and reading a novel, or curling up on the couch and watching a movie, or….
Productivity quotes about staying busy
- It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? –Henry David Thoreau
- Focus on being productive instead of busy. –Tim Ferriss
- You don’t get paid for the hour; you get paid for the value you bring to the hour. –Jim Rohn
Productivity quotes by Steve Jobs
- Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs
- Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. –Steve Jobs
- The only way to do great work is to love what you do. –Steve Jobs
More quotes about doing what you love
- Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. –Albert Schweitzer
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work, –Aristotle
Other productivity quotes I couldn’t categorize
- The key to productivity is simplicity. –Robin Sharma
- Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. –Paul J. Meyer
- The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. –Walt Disney
- The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.
–Thomas Sowell
- The successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus. –Bruce Lee
- Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. –Stephen King
- Don’t count the days, make the days count. –Muhammad Ali
- The productivity of a workgroup seems to depend on how the group members see their own goals in relation to the goals of the organization. –Ken Blanchard
- The successful person is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do. –Roy L. Smith (feel free to replace “his” with “her” or “their”)
- Don’t wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect. –Unknown
- The path to success is to take massive, determined action. –Tony Robbins
- You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. –Zig Ziglar
- Productivity is not just about doing more. It is about creating more impact with less work.
–Unknown
- The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. –Confucius
- I tried to improve my productivity by multitasking, but now I just have multiple unfinished tasks. –unknown
- If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. –Thomas Edison
And this might be my favorite productivity quote, although I’m not sure if it makes sense!
- No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. –Warren Buffett
Which productivity quote is your favorite? Please comment below and let’s get a conversation going! 😊
