Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
"Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy."
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Morgan Freeman
Actor, Narrator
"Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'."
Frank Sinatra
Singer, Actor
"You better get busy living, because dying's a pain in the ass."
Stephen Covey
Author, Speaker
"You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them."
Confucius
Philosopher
"We are so busy doing the urgent that we don't have time to do the important."
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"Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise."
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"We don't get paid for being busy, we get paid for being right."
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"Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take the time to enjoy where we are."
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"There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired."
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"When someone we love dies, we get so busy mourning what died that we ignore what didn't."
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"It is possible to be busy-very busy-without being very effective."
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"Someone who says "I am busy" is either declaring incompetence (and lack of control of his life) or trying to get rid of you."
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"It's amazing how many things busy people are doing that never will be missed."
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"He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good."
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"In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible."
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"We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw."
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"But you're so busy changing the world Just one smile can change all of mine"
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"The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid."
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"I want a busy life, a just mind, and a timely death."
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"We're all so busy chasing the extraordinary that we forget to stop and be grateful for the ordinary."
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"I learned to knit in hospital. They give you stuff to do to keep you busy because you're so ill."
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"It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating."
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"I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it."
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"A charming woman is a busy woman."
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"It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not"
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