“It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important.”

“The governess was not much liked in the village. She was too tall, too fond of books, too grave, and, a curious thing, never smiled unless there was something to smile at.”

Susanna Clarke book The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

“If something takes too long, something happens to you. You become all and only the thing you want and nothing else, for you have paid too much for it, too much in wanting and too much in waiting and too much in getting.”

Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989) American poet, novelist, and literary critic

“It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.”

Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990) British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer

“Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.”

Alex Flinn book Beastly

“Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to
ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.”

Og Mandino (1923–1996) American author

“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

“Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy – if not less of it – doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do.”

Terry McMillan (1951) American author

“People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.”

J. Michael Straczynski (1954) American writer and television producer

“Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress.”

Steve Maraboli (1975)