Nas Quotes

I don't waste my time doing my head in about stupid things that don't really matter and don't waste time worrying over nothing.

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?

The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.

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

I don't have time to be negative.

I'm not disciplined at all. I barely function. But I get a lot done. I take days off all the time, but when I work, I work very fast and very efficiently. But I'm always having days when I'm feeling a little anxious, and I take a day off. I work in a funny way.

You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.

There's this emotion we all feel of being overwhelmed at times, feeling that you can't get ahead. For me it's self-imposed because I'm so driven and I'm always going from project to project.

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].

Worry is a funky luxury when a lot has to be done.

Focus on being productive instead of busy.

If people would reflect that one can only do one thing at a time and therefore there is never more than one thing to do at a time, there would be less fatigue in the world.

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.

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

It’s not about how much you sleep. It’s what you do while you’re awake.

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

Sneaking up on it sometimes helps: I've found I can be very productive for an hour before dinner, because there obviously isn't enough time to really do anything, so I can tell myself I'm just screwing around.

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.

We are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy it.

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

My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.

When you focus on life, on enjoying and connecting with other people, that's when work comes. When you focus on work, you can never work. I'm always going through waves of that.

I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to.

I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up.

A 'harmonized' life these days sounds like a tall order. Between housework, homework, workwork, and busywork, there are perpetually too many things to do, and not enough time to find that mythical balance. Nothing is more frustrating than feeling like you're doing doing doing but getting nothing truly done that you really want.