Punctuality Quotes

• Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Time, Three

  William Shakespeare (1784). “Stockdale's edition of Shakespeare, with explanatory notes”, p.56

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• It is difficult to prove yourself reliable when people are required to wait for you.

  Wes Fesler

  People, Waiting, Difficult

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• Being on time to appointments and meetings is a phase of self-discipline and an evidence of self-respect. Punctuality is a courteous compliment the intelligent person pays to his associates.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Intelligent, Self, Discipline

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• Preparedness and punctuality are two of the most important qualities of a leader.

  John Andreas Widtsoe

  Two, Leader, Important

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• Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you.

  Karen Joy Fowler

  Arriving, Way, Late

  Karen Joy Fowler (2005). “The Jane Austen Book Club”, p.163, Penguin

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• Punctuality is the soul of business.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Soul

  "Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances: Or, What He Said, Did, Or Invented". Book by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, 1859.

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• Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Work, Blessing, Bores You

  Michael Davie (ed.) Diaries of Evelyn Waugh (1976) "Irregular Notes 1960-65," 26 Mar. 1962

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• Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

  "Manners and speech or maxims extracted from Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son". Book by Lord Chesterfield, 1884.

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• Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Teacher, Foundation, Essentials

  Boyd K. Packer (1975). “Teach Ye Diligently”

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• Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

  Louis XVIII of France

  Kings, Politeness

  Attributed, in 'Souvenirs de J. Lafitte' (1844) bk. 1, ch. 3

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• I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

  Charles Dickens

  Motivational, Determination, Order

  Charles Dickens (1872). “A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens”, p.216

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• Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Inspirational, Positive, Time

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). “Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son”, p.130

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• I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.

  Nicole Kidman

  Strong, Work Ethic, Taught

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Sep 28, 2016

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• Punctuality is closely related to faithfulness and dependability. Being tardy can be linked to uninterest, apathy, slothfulness and procrastination.

  Sterling W Sill

  Procrastination, Apathy, Faithfulness

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• A Man consumes the Time you make him Wait In thinking of your Faults-so don't be late!

  Arthur Guiterman

  Thinking Of You, Men, Waiting

  Arthur Guiterman (1924). “A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets”, New York, E.P. Dutton [1924]

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• Punctuality is the thief of time

  Oscar Wilde

  Time, Work, Lying

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.222, Wordsworth Editions

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• Want of punctuality is a want of virtue.

  James Murray Mason

  Want, Virtue

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• Better never than late.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Sarcastic, Time, Sarcasm

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• Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

  Charles Simmons

  Good Man, Littles, Energy

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• The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring increased happiness to you. As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of the world about you.

  Grenville Kleiser

  Happiness, Kindness, Practice

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• Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character.

  John Frederick Boyes

  Character, Giving, Virtue

  John Frederick Boyes (1859). “Life and Books: Or, Records of Thought and Reading”, p.4

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• Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation.

  Bertrand Russell

  Quality, Needs, Social

  Bertrand Russell (2013). “Education and the Social Order”, p.25, Routledge

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• I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

  Horatio Nelson

  Change, Success In Life, Hours

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• Strict punctuality is a cheap virtue.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Virtue, Strict

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• I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

  Nathanael Emmons

  Character, Men, Thinking

  Nathanael Emmons (1861). “The Works of Nathanael Emmons, D.D., Third Pastor of the Church in Franklin, Mass: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.340

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