Victor Kiam Quotes

People are so obsessed with making their careers and having a big house; then you realize that kills your dreams. It even kills what makes your life because you get so busy inside.

Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like.

I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.

Time scares me: having enough time to do all the things that I want to do in life, just even in terms of forgetting about the business I'm in.

I know that one day I'm going to die. I want to accomplish as much as I can before I do.

A man can be so busy making a living that he forgets to make a life.

I'm not one of these people who likes to do as little as possible. I really do feel the hot breath of time on the back of my neck these days. And there are certain things I want to do before my time is up.

I don't read such boring things. Life is too short.

I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

Live, so you do not have to look back and say: 'God, how I have wasted my life.'

By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.

As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I've got left?

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.

I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.

My daughter recently reminded me not to get so busy making a living, I forget to make a life and I'm going to take that advice.

I really have this sense that time is passing, and it's important to do what you have wanted to do.

While television is a good servant, it's a bad master. It can swallow up huge quantities of our lives without much happiness bang for the buck.

I've never understood the 'things to do before you die' idea. If I was ill, I'd be in no mood to have a swim with a dolphin.

I should have been thinking more about my family, how I raised my children, how I maintained life's work, so to speak.

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.

Life took over 4 billion years to evolve into you, and you've about 70 more years to enjoy it. Don't just pursue happiness, catch it.