Busyness Quotes

49 quotes by 45 authors

Silence is like a cradle holding our endeavors and our will; a silent spaciousness sustains us in our work and at the same time connects… — David Whyte
The biggest disease in North America is busyness. — Thomas Merton
How narrow is the vision that exalts the busyness of the ant above the singing of the grasshopper. — Khalil Gibran
The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it's just busyness, But if… — Roger Ebert
We become so caught up in the busyness of our lives. Were we to step back, however, and take a good look at what weâ€™re… — Thomas S. Monson
Every day there comes a moment when a person lays his hands in his lap and all his busyness collapses like ashes. The work accomplished… — Robert Musil
Busyness does not mean you are a faithful or fruitful Christian. It only means you are busy, just like everyone else. — Kevin DeYoung
When busyness goes after joy, it goes after everyone's joy. — Kevin DeYoung
Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity. — Bill Hybels
Busyness is not a reason for not getting other things done. It is an excuse for not claiming your true priorities. — Alan Cohen
If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to… — Gunter Grass
Four hundred year old trees, who draw aliveness from the earth like smoke from the heart of God, we come, not knowing you will hush… — Mark Nepo
When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busyness takes over. — George Carey
Only an open mind still has room for new knowledge. What is outgrown and used up must be discarded to make room for what is… — Robert Fulghum
How small we humans are. All our scrambling around, trying to buttress ourselves against death. All our efforts to insulate ourselves against uncertainty with codes… — Nancy Horan
Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest. — Mark Buchanan
Busyness makes us stop caring about the things we care about. — Mark Buchanan
If busyness can become a kind of violence, we do not have to stretch our perception very far to see that Sabbath time â€“ effortless,… — Wayne Muller
Technology sometimes encourages people to confuse busyness with effectiveness. — Douglas B. Reeves
Sloth is most often evidenced in busyness ... in frantic running around, trying to be everything to everyone, and then having no time to listen… — Eugene H. Peterson

Who Wrote These Busyness Quotes

45 authors contributed a total of 49 Busyness Quotes, led by these top contributors: