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The rewards of punctuality |
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Punctuality is about being on time
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Punctuality is a great virtue
- 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. Charles Dickens
- I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me. Lord Nelson
- Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character. John F. Boyes
- As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity, and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of the world around you. Grenville Kleiser
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Punctuality is the soul of business
- Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality. Richard Cecil
- Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. Don Marquis
- Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
- Punctuality is the soul of business. Thomas C. Haliburton
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Punctuality is good manners
- Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons
- Punctuality is the politeness of kings. Louis XVIII
- Politeness and courtesy
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Punctuality is conducive to success
- I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time. Lord Nelson
- Punctuality is is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness. Charles Simmons
- Success
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The price of always being late |
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Being late is disrespectful to the other person
- 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
- 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. Richard Cecil
- Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time. Horace Mann
- Respect
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Be late and you’ll be disrespected
- I could never think well of a man’s intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments. Nathaniel Emmons
- The individual who is habitually tardy in meeting and appointment, will never be respected or successful in life. Wilbur Fisk
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Being late will alienate you from the person waiting
- 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. William Hazlitt
- People count the faults of those who keep them waiting. French Proverb
- While we keep a man waiting, he reflects on our shortcomings. Proverb
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Punctuality robs time
- Punctuality is the thief of time. Oscar Wilde
- Among life’s regrets is all the time wasted being early for everything. Robert Brault
- Punctuality : The art of wasting nobody’s time but your own.
- Time management
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Punctuality can be a lonely pursuit
- I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely. E. V. Verrall
- Laugh and the world laughs with you, be prompt and you dine alone. Gerald Barzan
- No one important is ever present to appreciate punctuality.
- Punctuality: The art of guessing how late the other person is going to be.
- Punctuality is a virtue, if you don’t mind being lonely.
- Punctuality is something that if you have it, there’s often no one around to share it with you. Baker Hylda
- Punctuality is the art of guessing how late the other fellow is going to be.
- Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. Evelyn Waugh
- The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it. Franklin P. Jones
- The only good thing about punctuality is that it usually gets you an apology.
- Loneliness
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- A punctual husband is a lonely man. Leroy Lockhorn
- I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them. E. V. Lucas
- I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine. Peter Ustinov
- I’ve been on a calendar, but I’ve never been on time. Marilyn Monroe
- If I promise you I’ll show up fifteen minutes late, I’ll always arrive on time. Jarod Kintz
- One good thing about punctuality is that it’s a sure way to help you enjoy a few minutes of privacy. Orlando Battista
- Punctuality: Something that if you have it, there’s often no one around to share it with you. Baker Hylda
- Punctuality: the art of wasting nobody’s time but your own.
- Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. Don Marquis
- Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. Evelyn Waugh
- Punctuality: The art of arriving for an appointment just in time to be indignant at the tardiness of the other party.
- Punctuality: The art of guessing correctly how late the other party is going to be.
- Punctuality: Waiting around for other people.
- Sooner or later I’ll be punctual. Ashleigh Brilliant
- The only good thing about punctuality is that it usually gets you an apology.
- The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it. Franklin P. Jones
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