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There
are many quotes and sayings concerning time and I would like to share
the following ones with you, which I think you may find invaluable in
your own practise of good Time Management.
The
first one, which is the longest, is an extract from a book of Time Management
written by the English author Arnold Bennett at the beginning of the last
century. At the time, "How to live on Twenty-four Hours a Day"
ran through fourteen editions in the US and Henry Ford is reputed to have
given 500 copies to his managers.
Philosophers
have explained space. They have not yet explained time. It is the inexplicable
raw material of everything. With it, all is possible; without it, nothing.
The supply of time is truly a daily miracle, an affair genuinely astonishing
when one examines it. You wake up in the morning, and lo! your purse
is magically filled with twenty four hours of the unmanufactured tissue
of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious of
possessions. A highly singular commodity, showered upon you in a manner
as singular as the commodity itself!
For
remark! No one can take it away from you. It is unstealable. And no-one
receives either more or less than you receive.
Talk
about an ideal democracy! In the realm of time there is no aristocracy
of wealth, and no aristocracy of intellect. Genius is never rewarded
by even an extra hour a day. And there is no punishment. Waste your
infinitely precious commodity as much as you will, and the supply will
never be withheld from you. No mysterious power will say "This
man is a fool, if not a knave. He does not deserve time; he shall be
cut off at the meter." It is more certain than government bonds,
and payment of income is not affected on Sundays. Moreover, you can
not draw on the future. Impossible to get onto debt! You can only waste
the passing moment. You can not waste tomorrow; it is kept for you.
You can not waste the next hour. It is kept for you.
I
said the affair was a miracle. Is it not?
You
have to live on this twenty-four hours of daily time. Out of it you
have to spin health, pleasure, money, content, respect and the evolution
of your mortal soul. Its right use its most effective use, is a matter
of the highest urgency and of the most thrilling actuality. All depends
on that. (if
you would like to get your own copy of this book, click the image opposite)
As you
may guess, Benjamin Franklin had something pertinent to say about time,
in 1745 he said what many businessmen are still saying:-
"Remember
that time is money."
He also
asked:-
"Do
you love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life
is made of."
Finally,
in the words of Napoleon:-
"You
can ask me for anything you like. Except time."
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