Lewis Carroll Quotes

A lesson will keep repeating itself until it is learned. Life first will send the lesson to you in the size of a pebble; if you ignore the pebble, then life will send you a brick; if you ignore the brick, life will send you a brick wall; if you ignore the brick wall, life will send you a demolition truck.

Perhaps the greatest lesson which the lives of literary men teach us is told in a single word* Wait!

Don’t worry that you’ve wasted time. Each moment -- no matter how frozen or confused -- was a useful and necessary lesson.

The grand instructor, time.

I love playing the piano. I really want to start taking lessons but need to find the time.

My spirit animal... probably like a turtle, because I have no concept of time.

The lessons of experience are always learned too late.

Time is the school in which we learn.

Many people, especially women, never experience boredom because they have never learned to work properly.

The only crying shame about it is, when good things happen to you, you run short of time. It takes the same amount of time, however, to tell people, 'It's good to see you again. I'm sorry we only have a minute to talk,' as it does to say, 'I don't have time to talk with you' period.

Waste not a day in vain digression; with resolute, courageous trust seek every possible impression and make it firmly your posession you'll then work on because you must.

I have a great drive to make things and sometimes I forget to slow down a little.

I believe when you say you're going to start a race at 2 p.m. then you should stick to that and start the race at 2 p.m. There's no maybe, could be or should be. You start the race on time. It's very simple.

The word ‘no’ is a great time-saver. Say no to anything that is not the highest and best use of your time.

I am among those who firmly believe that a round of golf should not take more than three and a half hours, four at most. Anything longer than that is not a round of golf, it's life in Albania.

Do we spend most of our days trying to remember or to forget? Do we spend most of our time running towards or away from our lives?

Good morning, Dr. Chandra. This is Hal. I am ready for my first lesson.

You don't just sit in the car and let some guy drive you through life, wasting your time.

Can we move this along?" a bored voice stated. "I have places to be and people to shag." "Ian, I'm not going to hug you," I stated as I approached him. "I know you like this better." With that, I slapped him hard enough to rock his head to the side. When he'd straightened, he flashed me a wicked grin. "Finally, you give me what I want. Knew you loved me, Reaper.

Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.

When distractions are manifold, it's best to remember what you are supposed to be doing.

You teach someone about fallopian tubes in grade school, and you revisit it again in seventh grade for a better understanding of that stuff. I think it's never-ending. I don't know why it isn't all the time.

When you have something to do life will not allow you to ove foward until you do it.

You may write twenty lines one day--or even three like Euripides in three days--and a hundred lines in one more day--and yet on the hundred, may have been expended as much good work, as on the twenty and the three.

The work-life balance is a harsh reality for so many women, who are forced every day to make impossible choices. Do they take their kids to the doctor...and risk getting fired? Do they work weekends so they can afford to send their kids to better childcare...even though it means even less time with their families? Do they take another shift at work, so they can pay for piano lessons for their kids...even though it means they have to stop volunteering for the PTA? It just shouldn't be this difficult to raise healthy families.