Precious Time Quotes

62 quotes by 55 authors

I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches… — William Whipple
(Whispered to a novice while standing in front of the convent library) Oh! I would have been sorry to have read all those books...If I… — Therese of Lisieux
Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy devices to monopolize a child's attention, it's worse than taking… — Newton N. Minow
If you feel like you're at 50 percent with someone and that's as far as you'll get, you're wasting precious time. You should always be… — Jenna Ushkowitz
Ages are mere reminders of the hours logged on this earth and the precious time remaining. — Casper Smart
When we spend our lives waiting until weâ€™re perfect or bulletproof before we walk into the arena, we ultimately sacrifice relationships and opportunities that may… — BrenÃ© Brown
When your intention is great enough you will ALWAYS find the time and energy to accomplish your desires. You can state excuses to the contrary,… — James Arthur Ray
There is still time to act and avoid a worsening climate, but we are wasting precious time, — James Hansen
The difficult tasks to be performed are not the ones that mean physical and mental labor, but the ones that you dislike, are the ones… — George Matthew Adams
I am guilty of a dreadful selfish crime. I have robbed myself of all my precious time — Robert Earl Keen
Without courage, honor, compassion, pity, love and sacrifice, as William Faulkner pointed out, we know not of love, but lust. We debase our audience. But… — Earl Hamner, Jr.
It is a common failing-and one that I have myself suffered from-to fall in love with a hypothesis and to be unwilling to take no… — Peter Medawar
I find it more enjoyable investing time doing what pleases me, rather than wasting precious time attempting to please everyone else. — Greg Reid
Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince the person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. — Zig Ziglar
It is my sincere opinion that our precious time on earth should not be spent attempting to justify unbelievable acts of cruelty, death, and disease… — David G. McAfee
One of the main problems in families today is that we spend less and less time together.... Time together is precious time-time needed to talk,… — James E. Faust
I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck,… — Van Jones
On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me. They are… — Van Jones
Another activity that can detract us from the proper way is watching television excessively or viewing improper movies. While fine productions on these media are… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Rather than waste precious time arguing, I went up and started serving my "sentence" without delay. It was usually about an hour for epigrams; somewhat… — Peter De Vries

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