35 quotes about wasting time

In the world of entrepreneurship, time is everything. Knowing how to manage time is an invaluable skill that can make the difference between success and failure. Entrepreneurs who understand the value of time and know how to avoid wasting it are the ones who prosper and stand out. The following 35 quotes offer different perspectives on wasting time, each reflecting a universal truth that resonates particularly with everyone.

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Love life. Then don't waste time, because that's what life is all about. - Benjamin Franklin

Do something instead of killing time, because time kills you. - Paulo Coelho

If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then it wasn't wasted. - John Lennon

No hour of life is wasted in the saddle. - Winston Churchill

When you kill time, remember there is no resurrection. - Aiden Wilson Tozer

Time is the currency of life. Only you can determine how that money is spent. - Carl Sandburg

Don't waste time banging on a wall in the hope of turning it into a door. - Coco Chanel

When you kill time, you kill your opportunities for success. - Denis Waitley

I wasted time, and now time is wasting me. - William Shakespeare

I'm not going to waste your time, so I wouldn't expect you to waste my time. - Terrell Owens

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love. - Tom Robbins

As short as life is, we shorten it by wasting time carelessly. - Victor Hugo

A man who dares to waste an hour has not discovered the value of life. - Charles Darwin

When you visit, it's to waste other people's time, not your own. - Oscar Wilde

The time you like to waste is not time wasted. - Bertrand Russell

Someone who wastes your time is much worse than someone who wastes your money. - Mitch Thrower

The biggest mistake you can make in life is to waste your time. - Jerry Bruckner

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. - Steve Jobs

If you spend too much time thinking about something, you'll never achieve it. - Bruce Lee

Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear. - Paulo Coelho

The regret of lost time is still lost time. - Mason Cooley

Anyone who loves in the hope of being loved in return is wasting his time. - Paulo Coelho

Spending today complaining about yesterday won't make tomorrow any better. - Unknown

Only when the clock stops does time come alive. - William Faulkner

A year from now, you'll wish you'd started today. - Karen Lamb

If time is the most precious of all things, its loss must be the most lavish. - Benjamin Franklin

"If you love life, don't waste time, because time is what life is made of." - Bruce Lee

"You can't recycle lost time."

"Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he doesn't do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains, except kill it." - Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

"Don't waste your time on anger, regrets, worries and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy."

"The time you enjoy wasting is not time wasted." - John Lennon

"A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life." - Charles Darwin

"Clocks kill time... time is dead as long as it is ticked by little wheels; it is only when the clock stops that time comes alive." - William Faulkner

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want to do." - Bill Watterson

"To waste time is to rob yourself. - Estonian proverb

"You can delay, but time won't." - Benjamin Franklin

"Your time flies in vanity while you dine on your distractions. Your life diminishes while you waste your time feeding your distractions." - Sunday Adelaja

These quotes are a blend of wisdom, inspiration and deep reflection on the value and use of time. Discover also these quotes on ambition and personal development.

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