Punctuality Quotes

Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm.

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.

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.

When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

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