Time Away Quotes

• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• Meditation creates more time than it takes.

  Peter McWilliams

  Yoga, Meditation Practice, More Time

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Time, Journey, Men

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.185

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Im Sorry, Apology, Positivity

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• Position yourself to succeed by doing the other things in your life that rejuvenate you. You can create little islands of time away from your novel that will help preserve your balance. Exhaustion will affect both your writing’s quality and your productivity.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Writing, Islands, Balance

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• It won't be long before another day, were gonna have a good time. And no ones gonna take that time away. You can stay as long as you like

  James Taylor

  Relationship, Song, Time

  Song: You Can Close Your Eyes

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• No matter what job you have, even when it's one you love, it's important to take some time away, both mentally and physically, to regroup, refresh and regain good, positive energy.

  Ali Krieger

  Jobs, Positive Energy, Important

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• But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us.

  Lindsey Buckingham

  Giving, Down And, Slow Down

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• Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise Jehovah take his ministers oftentimes away into darkness and loneliness and trouble, that he may sharpen and prepare them for harder work in his service.

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne

  Wise, Loneliness, Darkness

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1874). “Memoir and Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee”

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• It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!

  Emily Giffin

  Children, Weekend, Funny Things

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• Having regrets and things, it just takes your time away.

  Leif Garrett

  Regret, Take Your Time

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• A good woman must constantly resist alluring and deceptive messages from many sources telling her that she is entitled to more time away from her responsibilities and that she deserves a life of greater ease and independence. But with personal revelation, she can prioritize correctly and navigate this life confidently.

  Julie B. Beck

  Responsibility, Independence, Good Woman

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• Don't waste your time away thinkin' 'bout yesterday's blues.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Yesterday, Waste, Don't Waste Your Time

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• Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people, however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes.

  Peter McWilliams

  Yoga, Taken, Thinking

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• I just need some time away to remember why I stay.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Needs, Remember

  Twitter post from Sep 24, 2017

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• Through buried paths, where sleepy twilight dreams The summer time away.

  John Keats

  Summer, Dream, Twilight

  John Keats (1914*). “The complete poetical works and letters of John Keats”, p.64, Рипол Классик

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• Spending a lot of time away from home was strange. My parents visited me, obviously, but I was in hospital a lot, alone. And then when my health had improved a bit and I was in a sick-bed in the house, with the life of the house going on around me, that was very vivid for me. I always think that's a bit like the position of a novelist in a novel, going through drafts: there but not there, one remove from reality.

  Maggie O'Farrell

  Home, Reality, Thinking

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Sometimes it's not catastrophic. Sometimes you only come to the bottom of your coffee cup. Sometimes you have a good day. No one wants to know. No one wants to tell you about theirs either. You might somehow take it. Turn it against them. See the flaw. You always tell them the whole thing sucks. It keeps you alive. They figure if you're out there having a rotten time, everything's fine and you're doing your part. No one will ever try to take your bad times away from you but they'll come swarming for your happiness.

  Henry Rollins

  Coffee, Good Day, Trying

  Henry Rollins (2005). “Roomanitarian”, 2.13.61

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• Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Taken, Years, Acting

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• I can't help but smile as I swipe a lone tear trailing down my cheek. How can I not be crazy in love with this guy? Time away from him didn't change anything. I can't deny him another chance. That would be denying myself.

  Simone Elkeles

  Crazy, Guy, Tears

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• Whenever I think of the high salaries we are paid as film actors, I think it is for the travel, the time away, and any trouble you get into through being well known. It's not for the acting, that's for sure.

  Bill Murray

  Thinking, Acting, Actors

  "Old stone face cracks". Interview with Garth Pearce, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2005.

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• Solitude is very different from a 'time-out' from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we pray alone, study, read, write, or simply spend quiet time away from the places where we interact with each other directly, we are potentially opened for a deeper intimacy with each other.

  Henri Nouwen

  Writing, Community, Solitude

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “Clowning in Rome: Reflections on Solitude, Celibacy, Prayer, and Contemplation”, p.13, Image

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• The Masters is where I won my first major, and I view this tournament with great respect. After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I'm ready to start my season at Augusta.

  Tiger Woods

  Respect, Views, Games

  "Tiger Woods to play Masters next month" by James Hibberd, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 16, 2010.

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• I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, I'm the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so I'm not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So I'm just relaxing and enjoying it.

  Betty White

  People, Railroads, Remember

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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