Punctuality

n.

[Cf. F. ponctualité.]
The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.

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Quality of being on time and meeting deadlines. A person displaying punctuality is responsible and reliable.

IN BRIEF: The state of being on time.

As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity, and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of the world around you. — Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953)

Quotes:

"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 man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments." - Nathaniel Emmons

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