8 quotes about punctuality

Skip to content

Advertisement 728 × 90

Top 8 in this topic

Better never than late.

Punctuality

George Bernard Shaw

WriterIrish1856 · 19th century

4.6 · 46 votes · 126 reads

Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on X

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

Punctuality

William Shakespeare

WriterBritish1564 · 16th century

4.1 · 29 votes · 180 reads

Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on X

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.

Punctuality

William Faulkner

WriterAmerican1897 · 19th century

3.5 · 64 votes · 128 reads

Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on X

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

Punctuality

PoetIrish1854 · 19th century

3.8 · 38 votes

Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on X

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Punctuality

Lord Chesterfield

PoliticianBritish1694 · 17th century

4.3 · 60 votes · 152 reads

Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on X

Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.

Punctuality

Napoleon Bonaparte

PoliticianFrench1769 · 18th century

3.0 · 22 votes

Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on X

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.

Punctuality

EducatorAmerican1796 · 18th century

5.0 · 44 votes

Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on X

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

Punctuality

PainterSpanish1904 · 20th century

Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on X

See the full TOP of the archive →

More topics in Time