Busy Life Quotes - Page 2

• Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Busy, Mansfield Park

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• During a very busy life I have often been asked, "How did you manage to do it all?" The answer is very simple. It is because I did everything promptly.

  Richard Tangye

  Procrastination, Simple, Answers

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• It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.

  Eric Hoffer

  Teacher, Time, Children

  "Reflections on the Human Condition". Book by Eric Hoffer. Section 33, 1973.

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• Being busy does not always mean real work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Real, Mean, Infinite Intelligence

  Ford Times, Volume 6 (p. 136), 1912.

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• So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.

  Morrie Schwartz

  Inspirational Life, Life Lesson, Thinking

  "Tuesdays with Morrie". Book by Mitch Albom, 1997.

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• Life is what happens to you while you're planning on doing something else.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Within reasonable limits, a professional player should keep busy at music.

  Teddy Wilson

  Music, Player, Limits

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• While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Littles, Little Things, Busy

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• He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Busy, Doing Good, Be Good

  Rabindranath Tagore (2007). “Stray Birds”, p.32, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.

  Kanye West

  Writing, Conceited, Busy

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• Life's what happens when you're making other plans.

  John Lennon

  Background Noise, Parenthood, Busy

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• I keep busy. That was my nickname in college, 'Iron to the Fire.' I like to keep several things going at once.

  Creed Bratton

  College, Fire, Iron

  "Questions and Answers With Creed Bratton". Interview with Kase Wickman, www.mtv.com. February 15, 2013.

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• Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

  Andre Maurois

  Birthday, Time, Hunting

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• Our busy lives force us to focus on things we do from day to day. But the development of character comes only as we focus on who we really are.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Character, Focus, Development

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• Have unconditional love to your children no matter what happens. Give them time even in the midst of this busy life - be one on one with them.

  Jennie Finch

  Children, Unconditional Love, Giving

  "Q&A: Olympic Gold Medalist (and Mom) Jennie Finch". Interview with Chanel Parks, www.womansday.com. June 5, 2012.

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• Those who every morning plan the transactions of the day and follow out that plan carry a thread that will guide them through the labyrinth of the most busy life. The orderly arrangement of their time is like a ray of light which darts itself through all their occupations. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidents, chaos will soon reign.

  Victor Hugo

  Morning, Light, Labyrinth

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• A busy life is a wasted life.

  Francis Crick

  Life, Science, Busy

  Francis Crick (2008). “What Mad Pursuit”, p.108, Hachette UK

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• I'm doing a lot of touring and things have been really busy for me.

  Dave Lombardo

  Doing Me, Busy, Touring

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• The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Merry Christmas, People, Generosity

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• And so, I will be probably, since I am not involved in all the activity, I will have some spare time to devote to document all this busy part of the flight.

  Umberto Guidoni

  Flight, Busy, Spare Time

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• Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

  James Lipton

  Funny, Laughing, Comedian

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• I can live my legacy or just have led a busy life.

  Gary W. Goldstein

  Legacy, Busy, I Can

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• I'm in an agreeable state: busy, enthusiastic, curious.

  Isabelle Adjani

  Busy, Curious, States

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• I have a very full and busy life and occasionally I am asked, Scotty, how can you do all that you do? The most telling reply I can give is: Because I spend at least two hours a day doing nothing.

  M. Scott Peck

  Time, Stress, Two

  M. Scott Peck (2009). “A World Waiting to Be Born: Civility Rediscovered”, p.81, Bantam

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• The majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life.

  Eric Hoffer

  Majority, Life Is, Busy

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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