The while we keep a man waiting, he reflects on our shortcomings. – Proverb
People count the faults of those who keep them waiting. – Proverb
Laugh and the world laughs with you, be prompt and you dine alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, but has trouble enough of its own. – Gerald Barzan
We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much? – Samuel Beckett
Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character. – John F. Boyes
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
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. – Lord Chesterfield
I could never think well of a mans intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments. – Nathaniel Emmons
Punctuality is the soul of business. – Thomas C. Haliburton
Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start. – Edward W. Howe
The trouble with being punctual is that nobodys there to appreciate it. – Franklin P. Jones
Punctuality is the politeness of kings. – Louis XVIII
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
Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces. – Niccolo Machiavelli
I have been on a calendar, but never on time. – Marilyn Monroe
I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time. – Lord Nelson
I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me. – Lord Nelson
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. – William Shakespeare
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
I am a believer in punctuality though is makes me very lonely. – E. V. Verrall
