Wasted Time In Life Quotes

• 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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• I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

  William Shakespeare

  Motivational, Time, Memorable

  'Richard II' (1595) act 5, sc. 5, l. 49

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  Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

  Carl Sandburg

  Life, Change, Time

  Teacher, Volume 43, 1971.

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• Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.

  William Faulkner

  Life, Time, Long

  William Faulkner (2011). “FAULKNER READER”, p.87, Modern Library

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• Regret for wasted time is more wasted time

  Mason Cooley

  Time, Regret, Wasted Life

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  Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Time, Short Life

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.2, Nayika Publishing

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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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• Only when the clock stops does time come to life

  William Faulkner

  Time, Doe, Clock

  William Faulkner (2011). “FAULKNER READER”, p.87, Modern Library

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• The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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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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• The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

  Jack London

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.

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• If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.43, Tuttle Publishing

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• We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.

  George Madison Adams

  Life Is Too Short, Life Is Short, Waste

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• The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Motivational, Time, Attitude

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  Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

  Steve Jobs

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• The function of man is to live, not to exist.

  Jack London

  Short Life, Men, Atoms

  Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.

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• Time is the coin of life. Only you can determine how it will be spent.

  Carl Sandburg

  Life, Time, Attitude

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• I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.

  Ian Fleming

  Motivational, Witty, Time

  Ian Fleming (2012). “You Only Live Twice: James Bond 007”, p.273, Random House

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• If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

  Bruce Lee

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.10, Tuttle Publishing

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• Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Time, Frustrated, Vision

  1837 'The American Scholar', lecture at Harvard University.

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• Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

  Wayne Dyer

  Motivational, Graduation, Dream

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  A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

  Charles Darwin

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1958). “Autobiography and Selected Letters”, p.145, Courier Corporation

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• Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

  Art Buchwald

  Inspirational, Time, Acceptance

  CNN Newsroom With Kyra Phillips and Don Lemon, transcripts.cnn.com. November 02, 2006.

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