Lin Yutang Quotes

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

The whole thing is, do as much as you can, when you possibly can, and don't stress.

you have to do more than just kill time or time will quickly kill you.

There are a whole lot of people who are so freakin' busy—they've so cluttered up their lives—they're at their wits' end. And if they'd only just stop for a minute, they could hear the God of the universe whisper to them, “I love you.

The secret of the truly successful ... is that they learned early in life how not to be busy.

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

Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing.

I realized that I have to slow down. I work so hard, I'm so busy.

We live very busy lives. But everyone has a spare minute.

We are so busy that the truth about our lives can't catch up.

We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.

It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. In our competitive world, that might be called a waste of time.

Actually, I am kind of busy right now,” I drawled as I settled back into the chair and closed my eyes. “You have to make melanin while the sun shines.

In the last five years I used to go to Zen practice once a month, but since I assumed the post of prime minister it's been much harder.

Have you ever noticed that Jesus is never recorded as taking a holiday? He retired for the purposes of his mission, not from it. He was never destroyed by his work; he was always on top of it. He moved among people as the master of every situation. He was busier than anyone; the multitudes were always at him, yet he had time, for everything and everyone. He was never hurried, or harassed, or too busy. He had complete supremacy over time; he never let it dictate to him. He talked of my time; my hour. He knew exactly when the moment had come for doing something and when it had not.

I suddenly realized I was racing around so much, I could never catch up with my life

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.

Focus on being productive instead of busy.

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

There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.

It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.

If any of those times you rushed around madly - trying to get somewhere faster - had ever made any real difference in the quality of your life... don't you think you'd be able to slow down by now?

While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other.

So much working, reading, thinking, living to do! A lifetime is not long enough.