Busy Life Quotes

• Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.

  Frank A. Clark

  Money, Men, Shopping

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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 is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Love, Life, Happiness

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• Always make the other person feel important.

  John Dewey

  Life Changing, Important, Busy

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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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• Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

  Laozi

  Meditation, Feel Good, Taoism

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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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• Get busy living, or get busy dying.

  Stephen King

  Inspirational, Life, Movie

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

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• Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

  Socrates

  Life, Time, Simple

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• Your mission: Be so busy loving your life you have no time for hate, regret or fear.

  Karen Salmansohn

  Regret, Hate, Cancer

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

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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• I keep busy. That was my nickname in college, 'Iron to the Fire.' I like to keep several things going at once.

  Creed Bratton

  College, Fire, Iron

  "Questions and Answers With Creed Bratton". Interview with Kase Wickman, www.mtv.com. February 15, 2013.

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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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• Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

  Andre Maurois

  Birthday, Time, Hunting

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• So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.

  Morrie Schwartz

  Inspirational Life, Life Lesson, Thinking

  "Tuesdays with Morrie". Book by Mitch Albom, 1997.

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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 the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.

  Eric Hoffer

  Teacher, Time, Children

  "Reflections on the Human Condition". Book by Eric Hoffer. Section 33, 1973.

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• Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Busy, Mansfield Park

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• I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.

  Kanye West

  Writing, Conceited, Busy

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

  Henry David Thoreau

  Success, Witty, Perseverance

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