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  • "When my children were young I had to get home at a fixed time every day to relieve the nanny. I had no choice in the matter, and so my work was miraculously always done in time. Now I have the option of working more flexibly—i.e. working longer and much more unwisely—and so I never fail to take it."
    Lucy Kellaway (1959–), British business journalist
    Source: Financial Times (London) (January 15, 2012)
  • "The Law of Forced Efficiency: There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing."
    Brian Tracy (1944–), Canadian businessman, author, and motivational speaker
    Source: The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success (2000)
  • "We are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy it."
    Paul Hawken (1946–), US entrepreneur and business author
    Source: The Ecology of Commerce (1993)
  • "What is the best use of my time right now?"
    Alan Lakein, US self-help writer
    Source: How To Get Control of Your Time and Your Life (1973)
  • "Do not wait; the time will never be just right."
    Napoleon Hill (1883–1970), US motivational author
    Source: Think and Grow Rich (1937)
  • "The clock not the steam engine is the key machine of the modern industrial age."
    Lewis Mumford (1895–1990), US social thinker and writer
    Source: Technics and Civilization (1934)
  • "Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage."
    Henry Ford (1863–1947), US industrialist, automobile manufacturer, and founder of Ford Motor Company
    Source: My Life and Work (cowritten with Samuel Crowther, 1922)
  • "He who would make serious use of his life must always act as though he had a long time to live and must schedule his time as though he were about to die."
    Émile Littré (1801–1881), French philosopher and lexicographer
    Source: Dictionnaire de la Langue Française (1863–1873)
  • "The man who can master his time can master nearly anything."
    Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), US financier and economist
    Source: Attributed
  • "If you did not look after today's business then you might as well forget about tomorrow."
    Isaac Mophatlane, South African business executive
    Source: Attributed

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