Waste Of Effort Quotes:

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

- Og Mandino

topic: Happiness, Uplifting, Peace, Inner Happiness, Joy Of Giving

Realize that true happiness lies within you.

- Lucian

topic: Faith, Lying, True Happiness, Waste Of Effort, Contentment And Peace

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

- Tom Robbins

source: Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.122, Bantam

topic: Love, Marriage, Time, Lovers Love, Inspirational Romance

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

- Bruce Lee

source: Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.10, Tuttle Publishing

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Martial Arts Inspirational, Wasted My Time

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

- Charles Darwin

source: Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1958). “Autobiography and Selected Letters”, p.145, Courier Corporation

topic: Life, Encouraging, Spiritual, Value Of Life, Had A Great Time

But, drawn to her at that moment, he felt a quiet like the voice of the rain flow over him. He knew well enough that for her it was in fact no waste of effort, but somehow the final determination that it was had the effect of distilling and purifying the woman's existence.

- Yasunari Kawabata

topic: Determination, Rain, Voice, Waste Of Effort

As to the number of novels I've abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that's a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort.

- Mark Haddon

source: "'I'm flattered, amazed, deeply moved and sometimes a little dizzy'". The Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2004.

topic: Thinking, Numbers, Effort, Waste Of Effort

A reporter called on Edison to interview him about a substitute for lead in the manufacture of storage batteries that the scientist was seeking. Edison informed the man that he had made 20,000 experiments but none had worked. "Aren't you discouraged by all this waste of effort?" the reporter asked. Edison: "Waste! There's nothing wasted. I have discovered 20,000 things that won't work."

- Thomas A. Edison

topic: Work, Men, Discovery, Storage, Waste Of Effort

Giving free advice is a sad waste of effort. In the first place, no man will act upon it unless he is already inclined to do so. Secondly, when a man lays his case before you, the idea that he is asking your advice is a polite fabrication. He merely is suggesting that he is doing so, while as a fact his real object is to acquaint you with his personal activity. He wants to talk to somebody, being a natural gossip or gadder, and he plays upon your propensity for "giving advice" in order to get an audience.

- William H. McMaster

topic: Real, Men, Order, Waste Of Effort, Free Advice

Make yourself as happy as possible, and try to make those happy whose lives come in touch with yours. But to attempt to right the wrongs and cease the sufferings of the world in general is a waste of effort.

- James Weldon Johnson

topic: Effort, Suffering, Trying, Waste Of Effort