PUNCTUALITY
Punctuality is timeliness. It may
also be called promptness. It is doing things at pre-arranged, pre-fixed,
pre-appointed time. It is a virtue. To be unprompt and late is a vice.
Unpunctuality has many
disadvantages.The saying better late than never is not admirable. Untimeliness,
even by the fraction of a second , can
be dangerous.
Here are some famous quotes on punctuality.
1.
I
could never think well of a man’s intellectual or moral character , if he was
habitually unfaithful to his appointments.
2.
Habitual
late comers are unreliable.
3.
Want
of punctuality is a want of virtue.
4.
The
English divine Richard Cecil (1748=1777) said: Appointments once made, become
debts. 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.
5.
According
to the English essayist J. F. Boyes (1811-79) Strict punctuality is, perhaps,
the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant
character.
6.
The
English novelist Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) believed : Punctuality is the stern
virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.
7.
An
interesting quote on punctuality is by the French Gastronomer Brilliant-Savarin
(1755-1826) . He says: The most indispensable qualification of a cook is
punctuality. The same may be said of guests.
8.
Arriving
late is a way of saying that your own time is more valuable than the time of
the person who is waiting.
9.
Punctuality
is the soul of business.
10.
The
while we keep a man waiting, he reflects on our shortcomings.---French Proverb.
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G.R.Kanwal
1st February 2026
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