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Punctuality Quotes

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

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, Punctuality

Punctuality is the soul of business.

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

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

Wes Fesler
People, Waiting, Punctuality

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Men, Punctuality, Virtue

Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

Louis XVIII of France
Kings, Punctuality, Politeness
Attributed, in 'Souvenirs de J. Lafitte' (1844) bk. 1, ch. 3

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

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

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

The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Guests, Punctuality, Said
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Leonard Francis Simpson (1859). “The handbook of dining, based chiefly upon the Physiologie du goût of Brillat-Savarin”, p.7

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

Samuel Beckett
People, Saint, Punctuality
Waiting for Godot (1955) act 2

Want of punctuality is a want of virtue.

James Murray Mason
Want, Punctuality, Virtue

Strict punctuality is a cheap virtue.

Benjamin Franklin
Punctuality, Virtue, Strict

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality.

Richard Cecil
Punctuality, Method, Hinges
Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt (1825). “The Works of Richard Cecil: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.373

Punctuality is a virtue, If you don't mind being lonely.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Lonely, Mind, Punctuality

Women really do want to be on time. It's just that everything starts so darn early.

Sela Ward
Want, Punctuality

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

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

Perhaps punctuality is a quality made even more valuable because it is found in so few people. Punctuality is not usually thought of in our day as a major virtue.

Sterling W Sill
People, Quality, Punctuality

Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.

E. W. Howe
Funny, Time, Punctuality

I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely

E. V. Lucas
Lonely, Punctuality, Believer

It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.

Jean de La Fontaine
Running, Use, Punctuality
"Forty Thousand Sublime and Beautiful Thoughts Gathered from the Roses, Clover Blossoms, Geraniums, Violets, Morning-glories, and Pansies of Literature". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, p. 928, 1915.

Punctuality is for people with nothing better to do

Jim Butcher
People, Punctuality
Jim Butcher (2009). “Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.318, Penguin

In the ordinary business of life punctuality is . . . necessary.

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

The superior thing ... was to be late. Lateness showed that serene contempt for the illusion we call time which is so necessary to ensure the respect of others and oneself. Only the servile are punctual.

Rose Macaulay
Lateness, Illusion, Punctuality
Rose Macaulay (Dame.) (1923). “Mystery at Geneva”

Kaylin is not known for her punctuality. She is known, in fact, for her lack--even by those outside of the Hawklord's command.

Michelle Sagara
Facts, Punctuality, Command
Michelle Sagara (2016). “Cast in Shadow”, p.33, MIRA

Punctuality is the thief of adventure.

Jan Struther
Adventure, Thieves, Punctuality
Jan Struther (1938). “Try anything twice: essays and sketches”

Punctuality comes high on my list of unforgivable sins.

Dorothy Cannell
Unforgivable Sin, Lists, Punctuality