“The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it might be worth realizing that this is part of the deal, the price you pay for being good in the long run. Every rejection is a gift. A chance to learn and to do it better next time. An opportunity to figure out how to bounce, not break. Don't waste them.” PeopleLongMightMotivationalRunningNextOpportunityRealizingChanceDealsPayBreakFailingFiguresWasteBe GoodRejectionLong RunsNext TimeBounce Author:Seth Godin
“I'm definitely more talented than most of the guys I know. A lot of guys who just want to have sex will sit with the same woman and try all night. I'm able to look at a woman, have a five-minute conversation with her, and tell if it's a waste of time or not. I figure things out a lot faster.” IfsKnowsWantTryingLooksAbleNightGuySexFiveMinutesFiguresConversationWasteFasterWasting TimeFive MinutesAll Night Author:Tyrese Gibson
“Whoever was stupid was beneath worry or thought; you did not have to figure them out. This eliminated hundreds of people. In this life you had time only for a certain amount of thinking, and there was no need to waste any of it on people who were not threatening.” PeopleThinkingNeedsCertainWorryStupidFiguresAmountWasteThis LifeThreatening Book:A Garden of Earthly Delights Source: A Garden of Earthly Delights
“As to the number of novels I've abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that's a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort.” ThinkingEnoughNumbersEffortNovelFiveFiguresWasteThrownAbandonedWaste Of Effort Author:Mark Haddon
“It's weird to make a decision where everyone in your life disapproves, pretty vocally and directly. They said, "You've got one year left. Just do it." I had a full scholarship so I didn't have to pay for it. They asked, "Why don't you just get the degree so you can have it?" And I said, "You don't understand. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do and now I know. I have the answer and it's dumb to waste any more time."” KnowsTryingYearsSaidWantedLeftDecisionAnswersPayFiguresDegreesWasteDumbMore TimeThey SaidScholarshipJust Do It Author:Demetri Martin
“The point is... you'd better figure out what your Customers - the Customers you want - value. Because that's what they'll buy. Anything else is a waste of their money, and they'll figure that out in a hurry.” WantValuesFiguresWasteCustomers Book:From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback Source: From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback
“I like to have a project. I live to have something to waste my energy on, something to think about. To figure out like a puzzle.” ThinkingEnergyFiguresWasteProjectsPuzzles Author:Kelly Reichardt
“Pope John XXIII was an amoeba of goodness in a sea of waste, mistakenly believing that the Holy See could or would really change in any fundamental way.He was a tragic figure, for he raised a false hope, cast a brief ray of light that was snuffed out when he died.” WayBelieveLightSeaFiguresHolyGoodnessWasteDiedFundamentalsRaisedCastsTragicRaysPopeFalse HopeRays Of LightAmoeba Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“I used to be hung up on my figure, but it's a waste of time. I don't believe in diets. Have four pints one night, be healthy the next.” BelieveUsedNightNextFourFiguresHealthyWasteDon't BelieveUsed To BeDietsWasting TimeHungOne NightPints Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor
“But, who is Death? A figure that harrows and wastes wherever and however it pleases. This is also a possible description of the Countess Bathory. Never did anyone wish so hard not to grow old; I mean, to die. That is why, perhaps, she acted and played the role of Death. Because, how can Death possibly die?” MeanHardDiesWishGrowsRolesFiguresPleaseWasteDescription Author:Alejandra Pizarnik
“Life has three rules: Paradox, Humor, and Change. - Paradox: Life is a mystery; don't waste your time trying to figure it out. - Humor: Keep a sense of humor, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure - Change: Know that nothing ever stays the same.” KnowsTryingLife IsThreeMysteryFiguresWasteParadoxSense Of HumorAbout YourselfDon't Waste Your TimeWay Of The WarriorPeaceful Warrior Author:Dan Millman
“You said we've got a new page. I figure I've got some say in what gets written on it. So I'm going to work on you. Last time around, you threw yourself at me.” “I did no such thing.” “Sure you did. But I can see I've got my work cut out for me this time. That's okay.” He skimmed his thumb over her knuckles before she jerked her hand free. “In fact, I think I'm going to enjoy it.” “I don't know why I waste my time trying to mend fences with you. You're as arrogant as you ever were.” “Just the way you like me, sweetheart.” ThinkingKnowsWayTryingSaidI CanFactsHandsLastsEnjoyCuttingWrittenFiguresWastePagesOkayLike MeMy TimeArrogantLast TimeFenceGoing To WorkThumbsSweetheartWasting My TimeKnuckles Author:Nora Roberts
“Evaluate. Long experience had taught me to evaluate and assess. When the unexpected gets dumped on you, don’t waste time. Don’t figure out how or why it happened. Don’t recriminate. Don’t figure out whose fault it is. Don’t work out how to avoid the same mistake next time. All of that you do later. If you survive.” IfsLongNextMistakeHappenedFiguresTaughtWasteFaultsWork OutUnexpectedWasting TimeNext TimeEvaluateSame MistakesDumpedDon't Waste TimeWhose Fault It Is Author:Lee Child
“When others kid me about being bald, I simply tell them that the way I figure it, the good Lord only gave men so many hormones, and if others want to waste theirs on growing hair, that's up to them.” IfsMenWayWantHumorKidsFunnySexLordGrowingFiguresHairWasteHumorousHormonesBaldness Author:John Glenn
“The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an accountant settles down each day to his figures. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.” DoeHandsInspirationActionJobsWaitingWorkFiguresWasteInspiredSettlingEach DayWasting TimeComposerAccountantsSettling DownRegularityWagner Author:Ernest Newman
“I know I can't make time slow down, can't hold our life as it is in a freeze frame or slow my children's inexorable journeys into adulthood and lives of their own. But I can celebrate those journeys by bearing witness to them, by paying attention, and, perhaps most of all, by carrying on with my own growth and becoming. Now it dawns on me that the only way I can figure out what I'm meant to be doing is to try to understand who I'm meant to be...I will not waste this life, not one hour, not one minute. I will not take for granted the blessing of our being here...I will give thanks.” KnowsWayGivingTryingChildrenI CanGrowthHoursMy OwnAttentionOur LivesJourneyMinutesFiguresBecomingBlessingWasteCelebrateThanksWitnessGrantedThis LifePay AttentionMy ChildrenDawnMeant To BeAdulthoodSlow DownFreezeOne HourOne MinuteMaking TimeInexorableCarrying OnBearing Witness Author:Katrina Kenison