Jim Henson Quotes

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.

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

You don't have any days to spare if you want to improve!

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?'

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.

Did you know that the average American spends six months of his or her life waiting for red lights to turn green? Six months wasted, waiting for permission to move on. Think of all the other stuff you could do with that time.” I was totally confused. “In the car?” “In your life,” he said.

That man is idle who can do something better.

time wasted is not always a waste of time.

One of the few things that can't be recycled is wasted time.

If you nurture your mind, body, and spirit, your time will expand. You will gain a new perspective that will allow you to accomplish much more.

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.

I don't have time to be negative.

Every day, I tell myself, 'It will be better if I spend more time on thinking about good ideas and working instead of watching TV or shopping.'

I don't try to lose weight. I don't try to do nothing. I just try to put in my work, feel better, the things that I can do in the field to be better are better, so that's what I do.

If you try to be better every day, more miracles happen in your life.

I maximize every day.

Year-end goals are terrific! Affirmations with goals are even better! And goals, affirmations, along with visualization is even more effective!

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.

Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along. This applies to play as well as work. A day merely survived is no cause for celebration. You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine. No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!

I think that it's a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.

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

You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine.

If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire to organize around those priorities; or (3) the lack of discipline to execute around them? ... Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe that is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds. They haven't really internalized Habit 2 [Begin with the end in mind].

We're burnin' daylight!