Busyness Quotes

49 quotes by 44 authors

What would it be like if, right in the midst of this busyness, we were to consciously take our hands off the controls? What if… — Tara Brach
Busyness kills more Christians than bullets. — Kevin DeYoung
...busyness, keeping up with others, hustling hither and yon, makes it almost impossible for an individual to form a heart... — Soren Kierkegaard
Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness. — Dallas Willard
Busyness is now the social norm that people feel they must conform to, Burnett says, or risk being outcasts. — Brigid Schulte
Sin does not always drive us to drink; more often it drives us to exhaustion. Tiredness is equally as debilitating as drunkenness. Burnout is slang… — Mike Yaconelli
Work addiction seems to be an addiction we are proud of. We almost seem to brag with mock displeasure that we are "overwhelmed" with busyness,… — Paul Pearsall
The antidote to exhaustion may not be rest. It may be wholeheartedness. You are so exhausted because all of the things you are doing are… — David Steindl-Rast
I fill my life with a lot of 'busyness' in between jobs. Then I work very hard. Some of it is quite unhealthy. It's compulsive.… — Hume Cronyn
We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness. — Alan Watts
Today we live in a world that judges its achievements by speed and busyness. Â… We are so busy making things happen that we have… — Joan D. Chittister
It's amazing how much information is coming at us most of the time through technology, the media and the busyness of the world around us.… — Joyce Meyer
That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers. — Gore Vidal
Extreme busyness is a symptom of deficient vitality, and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too little solitude can… — Julia Cameron
I've got a lot to download on your mercy and grace. I've always rushed up to You and dumped whatever it was and hurried away,… — Jan Karon
Poets have tried to describe Ankh-Morpork. They have failed. Perhaps it's the sheer zestful vitality of the place, or maybe it's just that a city… — Terry Pratchett
They say time is money, but that's not true. Time is life. And if I want the fullest life, I need to find fullest time...… — Ann Voskamp
Repose, leisure, peace, belong among the elements of happiness. If we have not escaped from harried rush, from mad pursuit, from unrest, from the necessity… — Josef Pieper
Wherever I am, the world comes after me. It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it. Now I… — Mary Oliver

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