A Day Quotes

Time is that which man is always trying to kill but which ends in killing him.

Men talk of killing time while time quietly kills them.

Modern man thinks he loses something-time-when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains- except kill it.

If you want to kill time try working it to death.

Don't agonize. Organize.

Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them!

You will never "find" time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

Ah! the clock is always slow it is later than you think.

Those who make the worst use of their time most complain of its brevity.

It is nonsense to say there is not enough time to be fully informed. ... Time given to thought is the greatest timesaver of all.

Time is a fixed income and as with any income the real problem facing most of us is how to live successfully within our daily allotment.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces and which most men throw away.

Learn to use ten minutes intelligently. It will pay you huge dividends.

It is better to do the most trifling thing in the world than to regard half an hour as trifle.

I recommend you to take care of the minutes for the hours will take care of themselves.

The real secret of how to use time is to pack it as you would a portmanteau filling up the small spaces with small things.

One must learn a different... sense of time one that depends more on small amounts than big ones.

An earnest purpose finds time or makes it. It seizes on spare moments and turns fragments to golden account.

That man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more garnering the simple goodness of life.

It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.

A fool bolts pleasure then complains of indigestion.

Death accompanies us at every step and enables us to use those moments when life smiles at us to feel more deeply the sweetness of life. The more certain the end the more tempting the minute.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at but a manner of traveling.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither but just to enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

If you observe a really happy man you will find ... that he is happy in tiie course of living life twenty-four crowded hours each day.

One day of pleasure is worth two of sorrow.

Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than the dull prospect of a distant good.

Live in day-tight compartments.

If you are not happy here and now you never will be.

He's one of those Christmas Eve guys. There are people like that. . . every day in their lives is Christmas Eve.

Every day give yourself a good mental shampoo.

There is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work the day's honest decisions the day's generous utterances and the day's good deed.

Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart to do at least one worthy thing which you have long postponed.

Our grand business undoubtedly is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between I occupy myself as best I can.

What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.

If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction then ... life is on the road toward misfortune misery and destruction.

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.

Realize life as an end in itself. Functioning is all there is.

A homer a day will boost my pay.

Act well at the moment and you have performed a good action to all eternity.

Nothing determines who we will become so much as those things we choose to ignore.

Take the time to come home to yourself everyday.

Take short views hope for the best and trust in God.

When action grows unprofitable gather information when information grows unprofitable sleep.

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword. Ready to do what a hero can.

To look up and not down To look forward and not back To look out and not in and To lend a hand.

I like the man who faces what he must With steps triumphant and a heart of cheer Who fights the daily battle without fear.

To accomplish our destiny ... we must cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.