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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should...

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about good, good luck, time, man

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

Quote by Charles Dickens about self-control, day

The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!

Quote by William Wordsworth about world, nature

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at...

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

Quote by Muhammad Ali about people, world, man, life

Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.

Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy, excess

Life is wasted on the living.

Life is wasted on the living.

Quote by Douglas Adams about life

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

Quote by John Adams about democracy

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, ...

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

Quote by John Adams about democracy

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about criticism, peace, time

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Quote by Aesop about goodnes

The level of our success is limited only by our...

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

Quote by Aesop about succes, imagination

I just didn't want to waste my time, I wanted to have fun and didn't want to work with people with big egos again, if they don't check them at the door.

Quote by Kim Basinger about work, time, people

It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire...

It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about help, money

When I started working the Houdini vein, very quickly I realized that escapism is always a charge leveled against comics: why would one want to waste time reading them? It all belonged together.

Quote by Michael Chabon about time

It has been my observation that most people get ahead...

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

Quote by Henry Ford about time, people

I'm very serious; I don't waste my earnings.

I'm very serious; I don't waste my earnings.

Quote by Eva Herzigova

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, ...

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about crime, work, time

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to...

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man, life

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about knowledge, happiness, nature, human imperfections, life

Computers let you waste time efficiently.

Computers let you waste time efficiently.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, time

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