Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

The average American watches more than four hours of television per day. What would happen if we spent more time developing our talents than watching others develop theirs?

If we stopped wasting people's time, what would they do with it?

I'm working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life.

That man is idle who can do something better.

Idleness is the grand Pacific Ocean of life, and in that stagnant abyss the most salutary things produce no good, the most noxious no evil. Vice, indeed, abstractedly considered, may be, and often is engendered in idleness; but the moment it becomes efficiently vice, it must quit its cradle and cease to be idle.

Ignore the junk news - work on a worthwhile project, make a plan, or do something to enhance your life.

We do not know today whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent, we have afterwards discovered that much was accomplished, and much was begun in us.

time wasted is not always a waste of time.

Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.

Every man has something to do which he neglects, every man has faults to conquer which he delays to combat.

It's really not that hard. If I do a Tonight Show, it's six or seven minutes. If I do a concert, it's 90 minutes. If I do an interview, that's 15 minutes. So by the end of the day I've done three hours worth of work.

Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.

The truth is that since the first book, I have wanted to emulate Benjamin Franklin and put together a healthy, wealthy and wise trilogy and so healthy was 'The 4-Hour Body,' wealthy was 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and then wise is 'The 4-Hour Chef.'

I can't sit around doing nothing. If I'm not working, I have a habit of becoming rather insular.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

As you have learnt something of time, value and make a proper use of it. Once past, it knows no return; how necessary, then, that you spend it in improving your mind and fitting it for future happiness and usefulness.

It is important for me to remember that time learning anything substantial, even if it's not my favourite topic, is time well used.

We can say, 'OK, I'm going to be in the car for an hour; what can I do to improve my quality of life during that hour?'

If you're going to spend your time, spend your time getting smarter.

You're never wasting your time as long as you learn from every single thing you do, whether you feel like those attempts are successful or not.

Another reason I did not make films is that I liked being unemployed, since that is when I read, study and write.

Time is kind of an amazing thing because you can do so much with it. I think people underestimate time... I don't want to just sit on my phone for hours.

You just shouldn't be spending your summer watching TV.

I don't have time to sit at home and not do anything. I used to just sit there and just watch TV and eat crisps. Now I don't have five minutes to do that.

I think it's important how you spend your time. I try to make sure that I'm growing.