(alternatively titled, "quotations that, though they may contradict one another, all describe why i haven't been blogging lately...and why unread books are piling up on my coffee table")
1. "May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion." - thomas jefferson
2. "A lot of our 'busy ness' is a way for us to avoid thinking about what is most important. There's a difference between being busy and being productive." - kristen lippincott
3. "It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised; the mosquito is swatted." - marie o'conner
4. "In a word, I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well." - elizabeth cady stanton
5. "Who begins too much accomplishes little." - german proverb
6. "If you are too busy to develop your talents, you are too busy." - julia cameron
7. "Busy as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest." - stephen king
& just one more: confucius say, "No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance."
(amen, confucius.)
1 comment:
Jason looooves to say #7. And being the good Texan that he is, he's got a whole host of sayings just like that one :)
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