{"id":8751,"date":"2026-01-02T08:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snappa.com\/blog\/?p=8751"},"modified":"2026-01-02T12:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:15:40","slug":"productivity-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snappa.com\/blog\/productivity-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"77 Productivity Quotes to Keep You Motivated in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you&#8217;re in an office or working from home, there&#8217;s no doubt you could benefit from a little productivity boost!<\/p>\n<p>With all of our daily distractions, at times it can feel overwhelming to tune in and focus on the task at hand. That&#8217;s why we collected some productivity quotes to keep you motivated and shake things up a bit. These quotes will leave you feeling inspired and ready to face the day. Post them on your socials, send them to your colleagues, or simply enjoy the inspiration they bring.<\/p>\n<p>Before you dive in, why not give yourself a little break? Take a walk around the block, grab a glass of water, and be sure to close your other browser tabs before you get started. Our hope is that within these quotes, you&#8217;ll find a spark to pursue a new idea. Check &#8217;em out:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #fcf8e3; padding: 30px; margin: 30px 0; border: 1px solid #faebcc; border-radius: 5px; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Bonus:\u00a0<\/strong>Want to create your own image quotes? Check out\u00a0our free <a href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/quote-maker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online quote maker<\/a>!<\/div>\n<h2>Quotes About Productivity<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>Create with the heart; build with the mind.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2015 Criss Jami<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cProductivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.\u201d \u2013 Paul J. Meyer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><a class=\"template-link\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/get-started?template=TSL07ZZV6D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9857\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-quote-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"productivity image quote\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-quote-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-quote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-quote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-quote-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-quote.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>When you have to make a choice and don&#8217;t make it, that in itself is a choice.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2015 William James<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>If you don&#8217;t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2015 <\/span>David Allen<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.\u201d \u2013 Albert Einstein<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>Plans are nothing; planning is everything.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> \u2013 Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>The best way out is always through.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> \u2013 Robert Frost<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>Time is not refundable; use it with intention.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> \u2013 Anonymous<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>Success is often achieved by those who don&#8217;t know that failure is inevitable.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> \u2013 Coco Chanel<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>Remember that failure is an event, not a person.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> \u2013 Zig Ziglar<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.\u201d \u2013 Tim Ferriss<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t need a new plan for next year. You need a commitment.\u201d \u2013 Seth Godin<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you\u2019ll never get it done.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Bruce Lee<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><a class=\"template-link\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/get-started?template=UKKYZ5REPS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9859\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bruce-lee-quote-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"bruce lee quote\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bruce-lee-quote-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bruce-lee-quote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bruce-lee-quote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bruce-lee-quote-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bruce-lee-quote.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAction is the foundational key to all success.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Pablo Picasso<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGoals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.\u201d \u2013 James Clear<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDon\u2019t confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.\u201d \u2013 Robin Sharma<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDon\u2019t worry about breaks every 20 minutes ruining your focus on a task. Contrary to what I might have guessed, taking regular breaks from mental tasks actually improves your creativity and productivity. Skipping breaks, on the other hand, leads to stress and fatigue.\u201d \u2013 Tom Rath<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cProductivity is to create asymmetrical situations where your one good input creates many good outputs.\u201d \u2013 Richie Norton<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking the jump between knowing and doing is what productivity is all about.\u201d \u2013 Chris Bailey<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><a class=\"template-link\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/get-started?template=NVOXOSXPGI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8770 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/meetings-quote-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"productive people meetings quote\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/meetings-quote-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/meetings-quote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/meetings-quote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/meetings-quote-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/meetings-quote.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou can do anything, but not everything.\u201d \u2013 David Allen<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes, getting it done is better than perfect.\u201d \u2013 Anonymous<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else that had set me off, roused me into productivity and creativity.\u201d \u2013 Mary Garden<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you want an easy job to seem mighty hard, just keep putting it off.\u201d \u2013 Richard Miller<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen you have to make a choice and don&#8217;t make it, that in itself is a choice.\u201d \u2013 William James<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou may delay, but time will not.\u201d \u2013 Benjamin Franklin<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreativity isn&#8217;t about wild talent as much as it&#8217;s about productivity. To find new ideas that work, you need to try a lot that don&#8217;t. It&#8217;s a pure numbers game.\u201d \u2013 Robert Sutton<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Sowell<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor real productivity, however, we need to prioritize people. You\u2019re a human being, not a human doing.\u201d \u2015 Michael Hyatt<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<strong><strong><a class=\"template-link\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/get-started?template=TIK6JHZ5KZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8773 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/work-fun-quote.jpg\" alt=\"lot of work quote fun\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/work-fun-quote.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/work-fun-quote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/work-fun-quote-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/work-fun-quote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/work-fun-quote-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>I always had the uncomfortable feeling that if I wasn&#8217;t sitting in front of a computer typing, I was wasting my time&#8211;but I pushed myself to take a wider view of what was &#8216;productive.&#8217; Time spent with my family and friends was never wasted.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2015 <\/span>Gretchen Rubin<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo do two things at once is to do neither.\u201d\u00a0\u2015 Publius Syrus<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.\u201d\u00a0\u2015 Sir Edmund Hillary<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEdit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It\u2019s your masterpiece after all.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 Nathan W. Morris<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we truly need to do is often what we most feel like avoiding.\u201d \u2013 David Allen<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest.\u201d \u2013 Leo Babauta<\/p>\n<h2>Working From Home Quotes<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe ability to be alone with your thoughts is, in fact, one of the key advantages of working remotely.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span>Jason Fried<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe old rules of what makes a great team still apply, whether you&#8217;re a remote team or not. You can&#8217;t build a culture if you don&#8217;t have trust, accountability, and mutual respect. The best way to kill a culture is to stop trusting people and stop giving people the respect and the responsibilities they most likely want in their jobs.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> \u2014 Tracey Halvorsen<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking from my home is worth a hundred thousand dollars just on its own \u2013 because of the freedom and because of the time-saving.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> \u2014 Erik Allebest<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><a class=\"template-link\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/get-started?template=KW6EQ1JG9O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8769 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/govern-time-quote.jpg\" alt=\"govern time quote\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/govern-time-quote.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/govern-time-quote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/govern-time-quote-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/govern-time-quote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/govern-time-quote-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a misconception that remote workers are lazy or not as productive or don&#8217;t get as much done. Trust is so important. If you have relationship mistrust and you require your team to be in front of you so you can stare over their shoulders and look at their computer screens, they&#8217;re also not going to operate with a level of trust. In a remote environment, you have that trust and people are generally getting more work done. They&#8217;re more productive and are able to succeed.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> \u2014 Greg Caplan<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole conversation is about how remote work is different, instead of being about the amazing tools we have at our disposal that remote teams and non-remote teams are able to use at any time. We have this opportunity to have a lot more freedom in our environment compared to when we had to be in an office, or even in school, 40 hours per week.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> \u2014 Hiten Shah<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><a class=\"template-link\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/get-started?template=KHMBFUGR66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8767 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/doing-impossible-quote.jpg\" alt=\"doing impossible things quote\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/doing-impossible-quote.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/doing-impossible-quote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/doing-impossible-quote-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/doing-impossible-quote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/doing-impossible-quote-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way to do a lot of work is to make it fun.\u201d \u2015 Meir Ezra<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everyone has an office, so it\u2019s all right to work at your dining room table or couch. My advice is to try and create some space between the places you are working and the places you are relaxing.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span> \u2014 Hailley Griffis<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving the flexibility to work out of your home, your favorite cafe, or even an airport (provided they have the Holy Grail that is free wifi) is a workplace game-changer.\u201d \u2014 Alina Heim<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><a class=\"template-link\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/get-started?template=DFNANQ2SYT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8772 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/time-solution-quote.jpg\" alt=\"time to find solution quote\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/time-solution-quote.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/time-solution-quote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/time-solution-quote-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/time-solution-quote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/time-solution-quote-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuddenly my location was completely irrelevant to my ability to make a living.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Bernard Vukas<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemote work is the future of work.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Alexis Ohanian, Reddit<\/p>\n<h2>Time Management Quotes<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWhen everything is a priority, nothing is a priority.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d \u2013 <\/span>Simon Fulleringer<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d \u2013<\/span> Louisa May Alcott<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bad news is time flies. The good news is you&#8217;re the pilot.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d \u2013<\/span> Micheal Altshuler<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you love life, don&#8217;t waste time, for time is what life is made of.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Bruce Lee<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shorter way to do many things is to only do one thing at a time.\u201d \u2013 Mozart<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key is in not spending time, but in investing it.\u201d \u2013 Stephen R. Covey<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><a class=\"template-link\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/get-started?template=PD131O8GUQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9866\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/good-day-quote-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"good day quote\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/good-day-quote-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/good-day-quote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/good-day-quote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/good-day-quote-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/good-day-quote.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had six hours to chop down a tree, I would spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.\u201d \u2013 Abraham Lincoln<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRealize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your next moment, that is what&#8217;s real.\u201d \u2013 Sara Paddison<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.\u201d \u2013 Anonymous<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not to be done at all.\u201d \u2015 Brian Tracy<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTime is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you.\u201d \u2015 Carl Sandburg<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe you will be able to rebuild everything you have lost. But time, my friend, is always ticking. And remember, no matter what you do, you will never be able to win it back again.\u201d \u2015 Neeraj Agnihotri<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTomorrow is the thing that\u2019s always coming but never arrives. Today is the thing that\u2019s already here and never leaves. And because that\u2019s the case, I would much prefer to invest in today than sit around waiting for an arrival that\u2019s not arriving.\u201d \u2013 Craig D. Lounsbrough<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must govern the clock, not be governed by it.\u201d \u2013 Golda Meir<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTime management is about life management.\u201d \u2013 Idowu Koyenikan<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is only now. And look! How rich we are in it.\u201d \u2015 Vanna Bonta<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><a class=\"template-link\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/get-started?template=G7PFXDOH9E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9868\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/only-now-quote-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"only now quote\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/only-now-quote-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/only-now-quote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/only-now-quote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/only-now-quote-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/only-now-quote.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAmateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.\u201d \u2013 Stephen King<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing is particularly hard when you divide it into small jobs.\u201d \u2013 Henry Ford<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStart by doing what\u2019s necessary, then what\u2019s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.\u201d \u2013 Francis of Assisi<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTime management is not a peripheral activity or skill. It is the core skill upon which everything else in life depends.\u201d \u2013 Brian Tracy<\/p>\n<div class=\"standardText\">\n<p>\u201cLife is too complicated not to be orderly.\u201d \u2013 Martha Stewart<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not that I\u2019m so smart, it\u2019s just that I stay with problems longer.\u201d \u2013 Albert Einstein<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get to decide where your time goes. You can either spend it moving forward, or you can spend it putting out fires. You decide. And if you don\u2019t decide, others will decide for you.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Tony Morgan<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTime = life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.\u201d \u2013 Alan Lakein<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best time to start was last year. Failing that, today will do.\u201d \u2013 Chris Guillebeau<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe essence of self-discipline is to do the important thing rather than the urgent thing.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Barry Werner<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne can find time for everything if one is never in a hurry.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Mikhail Bulgakov<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><a class=\"template-link\" href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/get-started?template=H9H0UDVNRU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8768 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/done-better-than-perfect-quote.jpg\" alt=\"done better than perfect quote\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/done-better-than-perfect-quote.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/done-better-than-perfect-quote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/done-better-than-perfect-quote-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/done-better-than-perfect-quote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.snappa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/done-better-than-perfect-quote-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe true price of anything you do is the amount of time you exchange for it.\u201d \u2013 Henry David Thoreau<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUntil we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.\u201d \u2013 Peter Drucker<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have time to whine then you have time to find a solution.\u201d \u2013 Dee Dee Artner<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.\u201d \u2013 Chinese Proverb<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.\u201d \u2013 Anonymous<\/p>\n<h2>Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>Hopefully, at this point, you&#8217;ve taken a little breather, gleaned some wisdom from these quotes, and are feeling mentally fuelled up to face the challenges of your day! Productivity is so important, and our hope is that these inspired words will help you create your perfect workflow.<\/p>\n<p>All of the wonderful images we&#8217;ve posted above are clickable links to amazing templates in Snappa, our design software. If you&#8217;re in the need of some nice visuals for your own quotes, they are all free to use. <a href=\"https:\/\/snappa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Start your free trial with Snappa here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What do you think? Which quote jumped out at you the most? Leave us a comment and let us know!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you&#8217;re in an office or working from home, there&#8217;s no doubt you could benefit from a little productivity boost! With all of our daily distractions, at times it can feel overwhelming to tune in and focus on the task at hand. 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