Best 87 quotes in «wasting time quotes» category

Many people make the mistake of saving money by wasting time.

Moving on will show you a lot about who you are, what you truly want, & what you have no desire to waste your time on.

One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not to be done at all.

Once you are defiled, you can't get back your purity by any means, instead, you will only look for ways to be defiled over and over again.

Never allow any of your time to be wasted on the frivolities of life.

The repugnance to what must ensue almost immediately, and the uncertainty, were dreadful, he said; but worst of all was the idea, 'What should I do if I were not to die now? What if I were to return to life again? What an eternity of days, and all mine! How I should grudge and count up every minute of it, so as to waste not a single instant!' He said that this thought weighed so upon him and became such a terrible burden upon his brain that he could not bear it, and wished they would shoot him quickly and have done with it." The prince paused and all waited, expecting him to go on again and finish the story. "Is that all?" asked Aglaya. "All? Yes," said the prince, emerging from a momentary reverie. "And why did you tell us this?" "Oh, I happened to recall it, that's all! It fitted into the conversation—" "You probably wish to deduce, prince," said Alexandra, "that moments of time cannot be reckoned by money value, and that sometimes five minutes are worth priceless treasures. All this is very praiseworthy; but may I ask about this friend of yours, who told you the terrible experience of his life? He was reprieved, you say; in other words, they did restore to him that 'eternity of days.' What did he do with these riches of time? Did he keep careful account of his minutes?" "Oh no, he didn't! I asked him myself. He said that he had not lived a bit as he had intended, and had wasted many, and many a minute." "Very well, then there's an experiment, and the thing is proved; one cannot live and count each moment; say what you like, but one cannot." "That is true," said the prince, "I have thought so myself. And yet, why shouldn't one do it?" "You think, then, that you could live more wisely than other people?" said Aglaya. "I have had that idea." "And you have it still?" "Yes — I have it still," the prince replied.

Q: When is the perfect time? A: Who can say, but probably somewhere between haste and delay - and it's usually most wise to start today.

Regrets are a waste of time and waste of time brings about regrets. It's the best ironic cycle after life and death!

Still he considered playing Pachinko the best investment of his free time, soaking in the local stench and bad breathe of other lonely Japanese people as an alternative way of blending into the colorful local scenes which he yearned to be a part of.

The quickest way to run out of time is to think you have enough of it,

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.

There will never be a point in my life where it is acceptable to waste time.

Thinking before taking actions is useful only if you are going to take action, otherwise you are wasting time and insulting your mind.

To waste one hour is a proof that you lack understanding of life.

Time is relative. In human life, time is experience. The faster you archive a significant experience to your memory, the more you live in the same clock time. In physics, experience is represented by the distance traveled, and this entire thing is called the Relativity of Time. I want to age and die through archiving my experiences, not watching my biological clock. Please don't waste my clock time with mediocrity and egotism, let me use it towards serving to others.

To truly be satisfied in life, you must invest your time into doing what you were born to do instead of wasting your time trying to impress a boss or a company doing a job that you were not born for.

True dexterity is not just in books; It is giving from above, we learn it, it is nurtured, it is applied and it is developed. He who do not know what has been giving to him from above, shall never know how to use what he has been giving effectively and efficiently

Time spent reading a book, even a bad one, is never wasted.

True dexterity is not just in books; It is giving from above, we learn it, it is nurtured, it is applied and it is developed. He who does not know what has been giving to him from above, shall never know how to use what he has been giving effectively and efficiently

True dexterity is not just in books; It is giving from above, we learn it, it is nurtured, it is applied and it is developed. He who do not know what has been giving to him from above shall never know how to use what he has been giving efficiently and effectively

We are wasting time. Time wastes itself. Who are we to float in its way?

Wasting and losing time is equivalent to wasting and losing your life

Whenever we lose time, we are actually losing our life.

We don't have time to waste. this is why I created Network & Golf. I challenge you to find one woman with nothing to do.

When you understand that through the power of conversion in solitude you can become great, so many things you’ve been wasting your time on will no longer interest you. You will even run away from some friends.

When the time comes for you to leave this earth, if it doesn’t become a lesser place with your absence, then you have wasted your life.

When you waste one hour of your time, you have wasted your life.

Your time keeps flying away into vanity while you dine with your distractions. Your life keeps diminishing while you waste your time feeding your distractions.

Work on Purpose - Play on Purpose - Rest on Purpose - Do not let yourself or anyone else waste your time.

You are not told that while you try to eliminate your boredom by playing games and chatting on social media or watching movies and making unnecessary phone calls; your life is diminishing into vanity.

You are to use this one life to make a difference in your world. You are to invest your time and not waste it.

You become void of products when you waste your time in religious meetings every day.

You don’t want to wake up and realize you could have been happy, that the risks would have been worth it, but you dwindled away your chances.

Your time and your true relevance are just like your shadow, the more you take steps into the darkness, the more they disappear!

You will need an evidence to show the world that you didn’t waste your time here on earth.

Working hard without a cause is like wasting your time sincerely

Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere.

...education has but one honorable purpose, one alone, everything else is a waste of time......that is to train the student to be a proper handler of power.

Do good work and let that speak for itself. Don't waste time arguing with someone. Instead, show them in your work. That's easier said than done, but it really is the best solution. No one can argue with good work.

Among life's regrets is all the time wasted being early for everything.

If you're going to kill someone there isn't much reason to get all worked up about it and angry - you just pull the trigger. Angry discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger.

If there is no solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it.

If you continually ask yourself, "What's important now?", you won't waste time on the trivial.

I'm so an all-or-nothing person in dating, always. I'm big on not wasting time. And so, yeah, if something's not working, it's time to not hold people back.

Japan never considers time together as time wasted. Rather, it is time invested.

Ketamine's such a waste of time drug. All you do when you're on ketamine is go: 'Oh, I'm on drugs. I don't feel good, I don't feel bad, I'm just on drugs...'

Regret for wasted time is more wasted time

Oh, you'll not be any poorer if you smile along your way. And your lot will not be harder for the kindly things you say. Don't imagine you are wasting time for others that you spend. You can rise to wealth and glory and still pause to be a friend.

Only fools and philosophers waste time on the unknowable.

Regrets are a waste of time. They're the past crippling you in the present.