quotes about Punctuality
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Punctuality comes high on my list of unforgivable sins.
-- Dorothy Cannell -
I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely
-- E. V. Lucas -
Punctuality is a virtue, If you don't mind being lonely.
-- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton -
Want of punctuality is a want of virtue.
-- James Murray Mason -
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punctuality is the thief of adventure ...
-- Jan StrutherSource : Jan Struther (1938). “Try anything twice: essays and sketches”
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The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.
-- Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinSource : Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Leonard Francis Simpson (1859). “The handbook of dining, based chiefly upon the Physiologie du goût of Brillat-Savarin”, p.7
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
-- Jean de La Fontaine -
Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character.
-- John Frederick BoyesSource : John Frederick Boyes (1859). “Life and Books: Or, Records of Thought and Reading”, p.4
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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 FowlerSource : Karen Joy Fowler (2005). “The Jane Austen Book Club”, p.163, Penguin
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Punctuality is the politeness of kings.
-- Louis XVIII of FranceSource : Attributed, in 'Souvenirs de J. Lafitte' (1844) bk. 1, ch. 3
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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 SagaraSource : Michelle Sagara (2016). “Cast in Shadow”, p.33, MIRA
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One good thing about punctuality is that it's a sure way to help you enjoy a few minutes of privacy.
-- Orlando Aloysius Battista -
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Women really do want to be on time. It's just that everything starts so darn early.
-- Sela Ward -
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 -
Punctuality is closely related to faithfulness and dependability. Being tardy can be linked to uninterest, apathy, slothfulness and procrastination...
-- Sterling W Sill -
Punctuality is the soul of business.
-- Thomas Chandler HaliburtonSource : "Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances: Or, What He Said, Did, Or Invented". Book by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, 1859.
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Punctuality is the sole of business.
-- Thomas Chandler Haliburton