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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• When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy lives.

  Pat Schneider

  Creativity, Artist, Mourning

  Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.42, Oxford University Press

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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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• 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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• 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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• The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

  B. C. Forbes

  Opportunity, Men, Luck

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• Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

  Socrates

  Life, Time, Simple

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• Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

  Laozi

  Meditation, Feel Good, Taoism

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

  Henry David Thoreau

  Success, Witty, Perseverance

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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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• Get busy living, or get busy dying.

  Stephen King

  Inspirational, Life, Movie

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

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• Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had.

  Alan Watts

  Life, Cheer Up, Reality

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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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• You can really only enjoy life when youre extremely busy.

  Josephine de La Baume

  Enjoy Life, Busy, Enjoy

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• We are busy planning the launch of the channel. I am busy planning all kinds of events that go on the channel without me. I have started producing a sound for the channel.

  Howard Stern

  Sound, Events, Goes On

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• I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies.

  Meryl Streep

  Kids, Careers, People

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• You don't have to stick with these recipes. They're guides. As I say, they're a way in. Have fun with them. It's an easier way to cook in a busy life, once you get the hang of it.

  Sally Schneider

  Fun, Recipes, Way

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• Wonder what opportunities you pass, unwittingly, because your hands are so busy clasping what you think you have always known.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Native American, Opportunity, Thinking

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, Conari Press

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• My life is very crazy and busy, but I love it that way.

  Hilary Duff

  Crazy, Way, Life Is

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• I want a busy life, a just mind, and a timely death.

  Zora Neale Hurston

  Mind, Want, Busy

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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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• I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.

  James Joyce

  Writing, Way, Arguing

  James Joyce, Jeri Johnson (2008). “Ulysses”, p.10, Oxford Paperbacks

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