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Hoffer on Vague Fear of Wasting Time

Eric Hoffer, the American longshoreman philosopher, who shrewdly observed that ?the feeling of being hurried is not usually the result of living a full life and having no time. It is, on the contrary, born of a vague fear that we ar wasting our life. When we do not do the one thing we ought to do, we have no time for anything else--we are the busiest people in the world.? (from Halftime p. 80) (From the File of Barry St. Clair)

Life, When You're Making Other Plans

Life is what happens when you are making other plans. (John Lennon - 1940-1980)

The Power of 15 Minutes

The average high school graduate reads about 225 words a minute. (Some exceptional readers cover 3,000 words a minute) If you read as fast as the average high school graduate and set aside 15 minutes a day six days a week to read, you?ll read 171/2 books a year. All it takes is setting aside 15 min. a day systematically. (From the collection of Barry St. Clair)

The Purpose of Time

Time is what keeps everything from happening at once - Bumper Sticker

Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday

In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. - Bumper Sticker

Avoiding Till Tomorrow

Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid altogether - Bumper Sticker

Such a Terrible Rush

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush; anxious for greater developments and greater wishes and so on; so that children have very little time for their parents; Parents have very little time for each other; and the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world. --Mother Teresa

That's Relativity

That's Relativity Time When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute, and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity. - Albert Einstein

Success and Purpose

?Successful people have a sense of direction and purpose ? they know where they?re going. They set goals, accomplish them, and then set new goals. They accept and enjoy challenges.? (Urban, Hal, Life?s Greatest Lessons or 20 Things I Want My Kids to Know, Great Lessons Press, Redwood City, CA, 1997, pp. 5,6)

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