Time Management Quotes - Page 6

• Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

  Thomas Hardy

  Change, Time, Surprise

  Thomas Hardy, Joanna Cullen Brown (1990). “Let me enjoy the earth: Thomas Hardy and nature”

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• The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.

  Stephen Covey

  Time, Keys, Investing

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.302, Simon and Schuster

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• Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it and spend it rather than invest it.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Success, Time

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 01, 2015

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• You may delay, but time will not.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.43, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.

  Donald Trump

  Inspirational, Success, Time

  Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz (2009). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.2, Ballantine Books

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• Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn.

  Delmore Schwartz

  New Year, Time, School

  "For Rhoda" l. 40 (1938)

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• Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains, except kill it.

  Erich Fromm

  Time, Learning, Knowledge

  Erich Fromm (2000). “The Art of Loving: The Centennial Edition”, p.99, A&C Black

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• It's about focusing on the fight and not the fright.

  Robin Roberts

  Cancer, Fighting, Fright

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• The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

  Tom Peters

  Positive, Simple, Productive Work

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• If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

  Samuel Beckett

  Baseball, Goals Dreams, Yankees

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• Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.

  Will Rogers

  Funny, Life, Wisdom

  Letter in New York Times 29 Apr. 1930

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• Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself. Time has become Death triumphant over all.

  John Berger

  Death, Time, Character

  John Berger (2008). “Selected Essays of John Berger”, p.751, Vintage

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• He who gains time gains everything.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Gains, Management

  Benjamin Disraeli (1847). “Works”, p.174

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• We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Time, Mean, Night

  Charles Baudelaire, Christopher Isherwood, W. H. Auden (2006). “Intimate Journals”, p.107, Courier Corporation

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• A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

  Lord Acton

  Success, Wise, Time

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• Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.74, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

  Auguste Rodin

  Inspirational, Leadership, Summer

  "Heads and Tales". Book by Malvina Hoffman, p. 47, 1936.

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• Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand & work with whatever tools you may have.

  Napoleon Hill

  Recovery, Goal, Waiting

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.107, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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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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• You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.

  Michael Dell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Michael Dell: Taking The Direct Approach", www.entrepreneur.com. October 9, 2008.

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• Planning is bringing the future into the present.

  Mike Vance

  Preparation, Poor Planning, Future Planning

  Mike Vance, Diane Deacon (1996). “Break Out of the Box”, Career PressInc

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• We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Life, Good Morning, Time

  Henry Ward Beecher (1887). “Beecher : Christian Philosopher, Pulpit Orator, Patriot and Philantropist: A Volume of Representative Selections from the Sermons, Lectures, Prayers, and Letters of Henry Ward Beecher”

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• Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance

  Leo Buscaglia

  Time, Giving, Focus

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• The struggle comes when we sense a gap between the clock and the compass - when what we do doesn't contribute to what is most important in our lives.

  Stephen Covey

  Struggle, Priorities, Important

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (2015). “First Things First”, p.20, Mango Media Inc.

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• My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Time, Money

  "Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs". Interview With David Sheff, genius.com. February 1, 1985.

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