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| C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. |
| Promptness |
| The keen spirit seizes the prompt occasion. Hannah More. | 1 |
| Despatch is the soul of business. Lord Chesterfield. | 2 |
| Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. Lavater. | 3 |
| Timely service, like timely gifts, is doubled in value. George MacDonald. | 4 |
| Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. Lord Chesterfield. | 5 |
| The flighty purpose never is o’ertook, unless the deed go with it. Shakespeare. | 6 |
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