September 20

“Little minds are in a hurry when the object proves (as it commonly does) too big for them; they run, they puzzle, confound and perplex themselves; they want to do everything at once, and never do it all. But a man of sense takes the time necessary for doing well the thing he is about; and his haste to despatch a business only appears by the continuity of his application to it; he pursues it with cool steadiness, and finishes it before he begins any other.”

Lord CHESTERFIELD

“Be methodical in your use of time. Make a scheme for its regular systematic use, even if it is often impossible to carry it out.
“Be scrupulously punctual. And make a careful use of your fragments of time. It is wonderful how much can be got through by these means. A great deal of study, or writing, or other work, can be done by a resolute will in odd quarters of hours, and very often we can get no more. Nothing is more commonly said than that if you want something done, you will have a much better chance of getting it done by a busy man than by an idle one, and this simply because the former has learnt the secret of economising his time.”

Bishop WALSHAM HOW