Isaac Watts Quotes

Count that day lost whose descending sun finds you with no good deeds done.

Often the lack of clear direction and goals can waste away our time and energy and contribute to imbalance in our lives. A life that gets out of balance is much like a car tire that is out of balance. It will make the operation of the car rough and unsafe. Tires in perfect balance can give a smooth and comfortable ride. So it is with life. The ride through mortality can be smoother for us when we strive to stay in balance.

The man who works 52 weeks in the year does not do his best in any one week of the year, Daniel Guggenheim, onetime head of the greatest smelting and mining family in America, impressed upon me. Real recreation quickens aspiration. The true purpose of recreation is not merely to amuse, not merely to afford pleasure, not merely to kill time, but to increase our fitness, enhance our usefulness, spur achievement.

Success is not a destination: It is a journey. The happiest people I know are those who are busy working toward specific objectives. The most bored and miserable people I know are those who are drifting along with no worthwhile objectives in mind.

Every healthy person must have a goal in life and that life must have content.

We must heap up a great pile of doing, for a small diameter of being.

Thou shalt ever joy at eventide if thou spend the day fruitfully.

What you haven't done by thirty you're not likely to do. What you have done you'll do lots more.

Everybody wants to have a goal - I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal. I can finally get to that goal. Then you get to that goal, and then you gotta get to another goal. But in between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed - and if you don't, you're a fool.

What one thing could you do in your personal and professional life that, if you did on a regular basis, would make a tremendous positive difference in your life? Quadrant II activities have that kind of impact. Our effectiveness takes quantum leaps when we do them.

It is not enough to merely exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough to live and support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good parent.' That's all very well. But you must do something more.

A dream is what you would like your life to become. A goal is what you are truly willing to do to achieve what you really want.

Striving toward a goal puts a more pleasing construction on our advance toward death.

The majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life.

To be sure your life will be full and abundant, you must plan your life.

I never feel like I conquered the day and did everything I possibly should have, could have, would have.

Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live.

Success is the progressive, timely achievement of your stated goals.

It's never too late, for with a purpose, a worthy goal and a motivation to reach those upper layers on the pyramid, a person can travel further in a few years than he might otherwise travel in a lifetime.

I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books.

I always did healthy things. I didn't sit around in nightclubs. Sure, I had my fair share of fun, but no one could ever accuse me of being a dilettante and doing nothing. I was always on this unbelievable quest to go and do.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do.

The busier you are, the more interesting you are. The more you're off doing your thing and loving your job and your life, that's fascinating.

Every day has to be a day that counts. It can't be a wasted day. I'm very dedicated to always keep doing something that I would consider good.