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Quotes

Lines worth keeping

Some I wrote. Some I collected. Each one says which.

Mine

  1. Ultimately, if you don't know where to go, you'll never reach there.

    2019echoes an older sayingRead the entry →

    Close to Seneca: “if one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable”.

  2. Only earning money is not enough. One should know how to utilize the money that one has earned!

    2017Read the entry →

  3. Trust me, being a serial entrepreneur is not that easy as adding it in your bio or about section.

    2017Read the entry →

  4. In my honest opinion, “I do not have time” is a lame excuse.

    2017Read the entry →

  5. Are you working towards fulfilling YOUR OWN dreams?

    2017Read the entry →

  6. People just talk about dieting but actual actions are much more important than talking.

    2017Read the entry →

  7. The choice is yours, you need to think about this now, not tomorrow.

    2017Read the entry →

  8. Everyone has 24 hours a day, the choice is yours, invest your time wisely!

    2017echoes an older sayingRead the entry →

    Close to the common “we all get the same 24 hours” saying.

  9. Nowadays, every shirt, T-shirt is lucky because “I” wear it.

    2016Read the entry →

  10. You can never grow if you do what you are comfortable doing.

    2016echoes an older sayingRead the entry →

    Close to the long-standing “growth happens outside your comfort zone” maxim.

  11. A wise person does not spend too much of his money on materialistic things, he spends on experiences, he invests on himself to become a better person.

    2016signed

  12. Successful people do not share their pathway to success as there is nothing as such. It’s a result of positive mindset, hard work, dedication and patience.

    2016signed

    An earlier card reads “…pathway to get success as there is no such…”

  13. Sometimes opportunity knocks your door, but you should have prepared yourself enough to recognise it.

    2016signed

  14. Invest in strong relationships with family, friends and smart people. It gives more return than the stock market.

    2016

  15. It's not important how much you earn, but it's really important the ways you're using to earn!

    2015signed

  16. Use your time effectively because time is the most valuable asset.

    2015echoes an older sayingRead the entry →

    Close to the common “time is your most valuable asset” saying.

Not mine

Lines I have quoted over the years, credited to whoever actually said them. Where the usual attribution is wrong, it says so.

  1. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

    Steve JobsStanford University commencement address, 12 June 2005confirmed

  2. Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

    William PennSome Fruits of Solitude, 1693confirmed

  3. The trouble is, you think you have time.

    Jack KornfieldBuddha’s Little Instruction Book, 1994confirmed

    Almost always credited to the Buddha. It is Kornfield’s own line, from a book of his reflections rather than a translation.

  4. A penny saved is two pence clear.

    Benjamin FranklinPoor Richard’s Almanackconfirmed

    The familiar “a penny saved is a penny earned” is a later proverb, not Franklin’s wording.

  5. For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness.

    Ralph Waldo Emersonattributed

    No primary source located in Emerson’s published work.

  6. Comparison is the thief of joy.

    Theodore Rooseveltattributed

    No primary source located in Roosevelt’s speeches or writing.

  7. Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.

    Robert Kiyosakiattributed

  8. To say “I don’t have time,” is like saying, “I don’t want to.”

    Lao Tzuattributed

    Widely credited to Lao Tzu; not found in the Tao Te Ching.

  9. “I don’t have time” is a grown-up way of saying “the dog ate my homework.”

    Author unknownunknown

  10. Time is precious. Make sure you spend it with the right people.

    Author unknownunknown

  11. Don’t waste time on someone who doesn’t have time for you.

    Author unknownunknown

  12. The time will pass away. You can either spend it creating the life you want, or spend it living the life you don’t want.

    Author unknownunknown

“Attributed” means widely credited to that person with no primary source found. “Unknown” means it circulates without an author — naming one would be inventing it.

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