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29 Fascinating Time Quotes & Stats That’ll Make You Think!

WRITTEN by CHRISSY, LAST UPDATED ON April 27, 2022

& FILED IN Time At Home 

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A brilliant collection of some of the best time quotes and productivity quotes / stats around. Make the most of every second!

Brilliant time quotes and stats that'll make you think!

Time is a commodity everyone has the same amount of – there are only ever going to be 24 hours a day and 7 days a week – but some people end up using it much more wisely than others.

How is this possible?

They seem to get so much more done – but while it may seem like magic, it’s just great use of the time they do have.

They are simply more productive with their time – and make it all count – doing whatever they want to do in it – but making the choices well so they don’t feel rushed, busy, or lacking in time at all.

And so today I wanted to look at a few brilliant (and fascinating!) time quotes and statistics all related to time and productivity – in order to think a bit about what can be done to make better use of it (whatever that means for you).

Whatever you want in life, you can create the time to achieve it, if you want to – and these time quotes & stats are ones that I hope will put time in some perspective for you – hope you like them!

Brilliant productivity & time quotes and stats

Time Quote - Stop waiting for the perfect time...

Stop waiting for the perfect time. The perfect time is now

UNKNOWN
Time Statistic

The average person gets 1 interruption every 8 minutes, or 50-60 per day. The average interruption takes 5 minutes, totalling about 4 hours. 80% of those interruptions are typically rated as ‘little value’ or ‘no value’ creating approximately 3 hours of wasted time per day.

NAPO
Quote - The bad news is time flies - the good news is you're the pilot

The bad news is time flies – the good news is you’re the pilot

MICHAEL ATTSHULER
Quote - There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want

There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want

BILL WATTERSON
Quote - the most powerful word in the time management vocabulary is NO

The most powerful word in the time management vocabulary is NO

UNKNOWN
I don't even believe myself when I say I'll be ready in 5 minutes

I don’t even believe myself when I say I’ll be ready in 5 minutes

UNKNOWN
Quote - Great things take time

Great things take time

UNKNOWN
Maybe if we all sit extremely still Monday won’t be able to see us.

Maybe if we all sit extremely still Monday won’t be able to see us.

UNKNOWN
Quote - The biggest mistake you can make in life is to waste your time

The biggest mistake you can make in life is to waste your time

JERRY BRUCKNER
Quote - Having a schedule

Having a schedule that doesn’t fit into your life means you don’t stand a chance of sticking to it

CHRISSY HALTON
QUOTE - Focus on what matters

Focus on what matters

UNKNOWN
Stat - Over the course of our lifetime, we will spend a total of 10 mins every day looking for an average of 9 lost items. This equates to 3,680 hours or 153 days searching!

Over the course of our lifetime, we will spend a total of 10 mins every day looking for an average of 9 lost items. This equates to 3,680 hours or 153 days searching!

DAILY MAIL
Quote - you can do anything but not everything

You can do anything, but not everything

UNKNOWN
Deciding what Not to do is as important as deciding what TO do

Deciding what Not to do is as important as deciding what TO do

STEVE JOBS
Quote - The Key is not to prioritize

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities

STEVE COVEY
Quote - Either you run the day or the day runs you

Either you run the day or the day runs you

JIM ROHN
Quote - Alongside Great Systems and Routines...

Alongside great systems and routines, habits are key to becoming, and staying, organised

CHRISSY HALTON
Sometimes it can take all day to get nothing done

Sometimes it can take me a whole day to get nothing done

UNKNOWN
Quote - The secret of your future can be found in your daily routine

The secret of your future can be found in your daily routine

MIKE MURDOC
Quote - you can always do more than you think

You can always do more than you think

JOHN WOODEN
Quote - make today count

Make today count

UNKNOWN
Quote - do the best you can until you know better

Do the best you can until you know better – then when you know better, do better

UNKNOWN
Stat - Over the course of our lifetime, we will spend a total of 10 mins every day looking for an average of 9 lost items. This equates to 3,680 hours or 153 days searching!

Over the course of our lifetime, we will spend a total of 10 mins every day looking for an average of 9 lost items. This equates to 3,680 hours or 153 days searching!

DAILY MAIL
Quote - what you do today can improve all your tomorrows

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows

RALPH MARSTON
Quote - the secret of success is

The secret of success can be found in the daily routine

UNKNOWN
Quote - run the day, don't let it run you

Run the day – don’t let the day run you

UNKNOWN
Quote - slow progress is still progress

Slow progress is still progress

UNKNOWN
Quote - Wake up and smell the routine

Wake up and smell the routine

UNKNOWN
Time Statistic

On average we spend one year of our lives looking for lost items. That’s over 8,700 hours looking for lost or misplaced things!

NAPO
Quote - It's not about having time - it's about making time

It’s not about ‘having’ time, it’s about ‘making’ time

UNKNOWN
QUOTE - It’s not the hours you put in, it’s what you put into your hours that counts.

It’s not the hours you put in, it’s what you put into your hours that counts.

Thibaut
Brilliant time quotes and stats that'll make you think!

What did you think of all those productivity and time quotes?

… and the stats thrown in for good measure?

I hope they have helped you re-think how you’re spending some of your time, and maybe, just maybe, you will be able to get even more out of your day from now on…

Good luck!

P.S. Want more like these time quotes? – why not head over HERE to see some fantastic quotes all about simplifying life (because that will save time too!)

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