LEADERS ARE PUNCTUAL
FURTHER QUOTATIONS ON
LEADERS AND TIME
- TIME:
- David Livingstone, at age ten, worked in a cotton mill in
Dumbarton fourteen hours a day. Surely he had excuses for
not studying, for not redeeming the little leisure left to him.
But he learned Latin and could read Horace and Virgil at
age sixteen. At age twenty-seven, he had finished a program in
both medicine and theology. Similar examples are so numerous
that we have little ground today to plead insufficient time for
achieving something worthwhile in life.^10
- Our emotions have a lot to do with our timing. If we are too
anxious, we may fire someone too early. If we are afraid, we
wait too long. My experience is that many more miss proper
timing by being late than by being early. Fear of making a
mistake is the culprit.^11
- To do important tasks, two things are necessary: a plan and not
quite enough time.^12
- Never complain about a lack of time until you are equaling
or exceeding the great people of history. They all had the same
amount of time.^13
- The way we employ the surplus hours after provision has
been made for work, meals, and sleep will determine if we
develop into mediocre or powerful people. Leisure is a glorious
opportunity and a subtle danger. Each moment of the day is a
gift from God that deserves care, for by any measure our time
is short and the work is great. Minutes and hours wisely used
translate into an abundant life.^14
- John Wesley and F.B. Meyer, men who influenced the world for
Christ, divided their days into five-minute periods, then tried
to make each one count.^15
- Each of us has the time to do the whole will of God for our
lives. J.H. Jowett said: ‘It is never the supremely busy men who
