John Burroughs Quotes

For most of my life, I've been in a hurry.

That is my problem with life, I rush through it, like I'm being chased. Even things whose whole point is slowness, like drinking relaxing tea. When I drink relaxing tea I suck it down as if I'm in a contest for who can drink relaxing tea the quickest.

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?

One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.

The important thing is to take your time and not get stressed.

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

I think a lot of women, especially ones that want to achieve career goals, tend to worry. I don't want anyone to worry their life away.

Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I've ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all the rushing.... Through all that haste I thought I was making up time. It turns out I was throwing it away.

Hurry always empties a soul.

Maybe that's good to not feel like you have to keep up when there's so much to keep up with right now. It's bottomless.

Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It's no coincidence we call them 'deadlines.'

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

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.

Life is stressful.

My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

My schedule is too overwhelmingly full to think about the future.

We are all so busy and constantly trying to save time and balance everything.

All my life, I was always in a hurry! I was always hustling!

If you start giving too much importance to pressure, you won't be in the present.

I never feel like I should have any time free.

My biggest pet peeve is rushing.

I've never been very good at slowing down.

You get caught up sometimes in the deadlines and the pressures and certain things that you can't really control that you forget that this is supposed to be an enjoyable journey.

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