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While Marsha sat reading a couple of productivity quotes she heard someone call her name audibly. The sound of her own name made Marsha jump! You see Marsha lived in a cottage near a little forest with lots of trees and bunnies. There wasn't supposed to be anyone else around because she lived alone. So, when she heard someone calling her name it startled her. Marsha got up from her seat and looked out the dusty windows and through the glass doors. It was still bright outside because it was a little after 2 pm in the afternoon. She didn't see anyone which did not surprise her because the voice that she heard sounded like someone inside her head. Has this ever happened to you? Whenever your brain drifts off thinking about life in general when you're supposed to be creating your next project or other tasks. It's almost as if your brain decides to wake you out of a daydream. As an entrepreneur, you can sometimes feel stuck when it is time to do a number of important tasks. This is why using productivity quotes from other well-known people can help to push you forward. In this post, you'll learn about 20+ motivational quotes that will keep you focused and help you to become more productive quickly. 1. Stephen King One of the most prolific writers of all time is Stephen King. He was born in 1947 and he is a well-known author of crime, horror, supernatural, science fiction and fantasy novels. If you know anything about writing, you'll know that it takes a certain level of discipline to write great books every year to earn a living. One of Stephen's famous productivity quotes can be found below. “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”Stephen King 2. Bruce Lee If there's someone who will get you to your feet it must be Bruce Lee. Somehow I never realised that Bruce Lee died back in 1973 at the tender age of 32 from a swollen brain. He was known for his martial arts performances as an actor. As you can imagine it takes a certain level of discipline to be good at martial arts in any form. Here's one of Bruce's famous quotes to inspire you. "If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done"Bruce Lee 3. Henry David Thoreau Now is a great time to take a step back to the 1800s where we can catch up with Henry David Thoreau. He was an American Naturalist, poet, philosopher and essayist. Born around 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts. All his works, books, articles and journals amount to 20 volumes of works. Without further ado, here's one of his inspirational quotes. "It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognise the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see."Henry David Thoreau 4. Benjamin Franklin More than 100 years before Henry was born Benjamin Franklin came on the scene. Benjamin was a polymath, inventor, politician, scientist, printer, statesman, diplomat, writer and political philosopher. In case you are wondering who or what is a polymath, it is a person with wide knowledge and learning. They are a jack or jill of all trades. There are some suggestions that Sophia Stewart is a modern-day polymath. Sophia wrote the Matrix and The Terminator. Before we head down that rabbit hole let's look at this quote from Benjamin. "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail"Benjamin Franklin 5. Peter Drucker Believe it or not, we have yet another writer. Peter Ferdinand Drucker was an Austrian-American management consultant, educator and author. What I find fascinating about Peter is that he was born in 1909 and he lived until the age of 95! He was only 8 days away from his 96th birthday on November 11th when he died. Peter was the inventor of the concept management by objectives. You'll probably be familiar with this famous productivity quote from Peter.