Being Busy Quotes

• Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Success, Witty, Perseverance

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• Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

  Socrates

  Life, Time, Simple

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• No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Friendship, Kindness

  Mary Kay Ash (2009). “The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur”, p.30, John Wiley & Sons

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• Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.

  Dolly Parton

  Inspirational, Life, Balance

  Twitter post from Aug 09, 2010

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• Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Busy, Mansfield Park

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• Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Song: 'Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)' ('Double Fantasy')". 1980.

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• Get busy living, or get busy dying.

  Stephen King

  Inspirational, Life, Movie

  Different Seasons "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" (1982)

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• Don't mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what?

  Jim Rohn

  Mistake, Positivity, Achievement

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 22, 2015

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• Then get busy and find out how to do it.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Entrepreneur, Job Opportunities

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life.

  John Wooden

  Balance, Busy, Forget

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• Don't mistake movement for achievement.

  Jim Rohn

  Mistake, Achievement, Movement

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• My household is, in a nice way, very busy.

  Ann Brashares

  Nice, Way, Busy

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• He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Busy, Doing Good, Be Good

  Rabindranath Tagore (2007). “Stray Birds”, p.32, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• He not busy being born is busy dying.

  Bob Dylan

  Life, Happy Birthday, Music

  "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" (song) (1965)

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• When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Life, Motivational, Success

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I try to keep it real. I don't have time to worry about what I'm projecting to the world. I'm just busy being myself.

  Demi Lovato

  Real, Worry, Trying

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• Being busy does not always mean real work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Real, Mean, Infinite Intelligence

  Ford Times, Volume 6 (p. 136), 1912.

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• It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspiring, Time, Fog

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.14, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Real

  Ford Times, Vol. 6, p. 136, 1912.

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• While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Littles, Little Things, Busy

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• Focus on being productive instead of busy.

  Tim Ferriss

  Productive Work, Focus, Kick Ass

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• You can really only enjoy life when youre extremely busy.

  Josephine de La Baume

  Enjoy Life, Busy, Busy Life

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• Within reasonable limits, a professional player should keep busy at music.

  Teddy Wilson

  Music, Player, Limits

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• Life's what happens when you're making other plans.

  John Lennon

  Background Noise, Parenthood, Busy

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• Life is what happens to you while you're planning on doing something else.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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