Powerful Leadership Quotes About Time Management

As leaders, we manage a lot! This article focuses us on time management.  The powerful leadership quotes about time management shown below demonstrate the need for prioritization, preparation and acting with urgency.  My favorite leadership about time management is the quote from Abraham Lincoln.

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln 

 “You must vie with time’s swiftness in the speed of using it, and, as from a torrent that rushes by and will not always flow, you must drink quickly.” – Seneca 

“Time is what we want most, but what we spend worst.” – William Penn

“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” – Charles Darwin

“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” – Zig Ziglar

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves.” –Lord Chesterfield 

“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” – John Wooden

“Make use of time, let not advantage slip.” – William Shakespeare

 “He who every morning plans the transactions of that day and follows that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life.” – Victor Hugo

“The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.” – Stephen R. Covey

“He who knows most grieves most for wasted time.” – Dante

“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Either run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn

Thanks for reviewing these powerful leadership quotes about time management. I love them all. Which is your favorite? Do you have a time-related quote that you like that I missed? Leave your comments, please.

Make it a great day!