“It is so easy to waste our lives: our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to take for granted the pale new growth on an evergreen, the sheen of the limestone on Fifth Avenue, the colour of our kids’ eyes, the way the melody in a symphony rises and falls and disappears and rises again. It is so easy to exist instead of live. Unless you know there is a clock ticking.” KnowsWayEyeKidsFallEasyGrowthHoursOur LivesMinutesWasteDisappearGrantedClockColourMelodyPaleFifthSymphonyAvenuesRise And FallEvergreensFifth AvenueClock TickingNew GrowthLimestone Book:A Short Guide to a Happy Life Source: A Short Guide to a Happy Life
“Of the time that is allotted to man here on the earth there is none to lose or waste. After suitable rest and relaxation there is not a day, hour or minute that we should spend in idleness, but every minute of every day of our lives we should strive to improve our minds and to increase the faith of the holy Gospel, in charity, patience, and good works, that we may grow in the knowledge of the truth as it is spoken and prophesied of and written about.” MenShouldMindMayEarthGrowsHoursLosesOur LivesWrittenMinutesHolyWasteIncreaseCharityStriveGood WorkRelaxationIdlenessSuitable Author:Brigham Young
“In therapy , the therapist acts as a container for what we daren't let out, because it is so scary, or what lets itself out every so often, and lays waste to our lives.” Our LivesWasteLaysScaryTherapyTherapistsContainers Book:Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Source: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
“It is a mighty error to suppose that none but violent and strong passions, such as love and ambition, are able to vanquish the rest. Even idleness, as feeble and languishing as it is, sometimes reigns over them; it usurps the throne and sits paramount over all the designs and actions of our lives, and imperceptibly wastes and destroys all our passions and all our virtues.” SometimesAbleActionPassionStrongVirtueOur LivesDesignWasteAmbitionErrorsViolentLazinessThronesReignIdlenessParamountVanquishStrong Passion Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“An unfolding technology has increased our economic strength and added to the convenience of our lives. But that same technology-we know now-carries danger with it. From the great smoke stacks of industry and from the exhausts of motors and machines, 130 million tons of soot, carbon and grime settle over the people and shroud the Nation's cities each year. From towns, factories, and stockyards, wastes pollute our rivers and streams, endangering the waters we drink and use.” PeopleKnowsYearsUseNationsWaterCitiesMillionsTechnologyOur LivesEconomicDangerIndustryDrinkWasteRiversMachinesTownsEnvironmentalSmokeSettlingStreamsCarrieFactoriesPollutionCarbonConvenienceMotorUnfoldingShroudsGrime Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Why do we have to spend our lives striving to be something that we would never want to be, if we only knew what we wanted? Why do we waste our time doing things which... are just the opposite of what we were made for?” IfsWantMadeWantedOur LivesWasteOppositesStriveOur Time Book:No Man Is an Island Source: No Man Is an Island
“We can sometimes waste years of our lives waiting to be chosen. But that is a false premise. You are already chosen!” YearsSometimesWaitingOur LivesWasteChosenWasting TimePremises Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“We waste a lot of our lives sometimes. There are people sitting across from us who would make the whole world better if we spent more time with them in it, but we can't get across that gully.” PeopleIfsWorldSometimesWholeOur LivesWasteSittingWhole WorldMore Time Author:Adam Duritz
“Most of us are facing big changes in our lives. But, in our more evolved moments, I think we can all agree that fear-based worries are a waste of time and only create the experiences we are trying to avoid.” ThinkingTryingMomentsBigsWorryOur LivesWasteAgreeWasting TimeBig Changes Author:Brenda Strong