Punctuality Quotes

“Punctuality is the thief of time.”

“Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.”

“Punctuality is not just limited to arriving at a place at right time, it is also about taking actions at right time.”

“Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.”

“If you have been told that you are late and unreliable more than once, then not only do you lack punctuality, but you also lack decency and seriousness, which is certainly very annoying.”

“The mechanical clock was self-contained, and once horologists learned to drive it by means of a coiled spring rather than a falling weight, it could be miniaturized so as to be portable, whether in the household or on the person. It was this possibility of widespread private use that laid the basis for 'time discipline,' as against 'time obedience.' One can ... use public clocks to simon people for one purpose or another; but that is not punctuality. Punctuality comes from within, not from without. It is the mechanical clock that made possible, for better or worse, a civilization attentive to the passage of time, hence to productivity and performance.”

“Punctuality is the thief of time.”

“Punctuality is the thief of time”

“If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own.”