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Waste Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee,…
- Life wastes itself whilst we are preparing to live.
- Life is too short to waste . . . 'Twill soon be dark; Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!
- [T]omorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well & serenely, & with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.…
- Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
- Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one…
- This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.
- Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will…
- Don't be a cynic, and bewail and bemoan. Omit the negative propositions. Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the…
- Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt have crept in; forget them…
- Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
More Waste Quotes
- I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing… — Neil Armstrong
- Dealing with global warming doesn't mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing with global warming means that we have… — David Attenborough
- Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius
- Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present. — Roger Babson
- The world defines 'waste' very differently than Jesus does. — Michele Bachmann
- I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be… — Alan Ball
- The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy. — Christine Baranski
- I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time. — Syd Barrett
- Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit… — John Adams
- You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt… — Drew Barrymore
- I never have been insecure, because I see what a waste it is. I know there is a solution to insecurity. I… — Drew Barrymore
- I don't get jealous of people. Jealousy is such a waste of time because you're jealous of them, and they go about… — Joy Behar