Tim Ferriss Quotes

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.

We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.

We're burnin' daylight!

The time you waste now you'll wish you used well at the end.

Economy is the thief of time.

Every moment waited is a moment wasted.

Two hours. One hundred and twenty minutes. Anything might be done in that time. Anything. Nothing. Oh, he had had hundreds of hours, and what had he done with them? Wasted them, spilt the precious minutes as though his reservoir were inexhaustible.

Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.

The clock upbraids me with the waste of time.

Procrastination is still the thief of time.

Quality is abundant. Time is the new scarcity.

As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration; and every day brings its task, which, if neglected, is doubled on the morrow.

It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.

Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.

Short-cuts lead to long delays.

Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.

Those who never have time do least

Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.

Time can be an ally or an enemy.

Each lost day has its patron saint!