“The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.”
Peter Shaffer (1926–2016) English playwright and screenwriter
Source: Five Finger Exercise
“You spend your life getting walked on, you learn to recognize the tread.”
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“Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.”
Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) American writer and editor
Declaration at his 85th birthday party (6 January 1963), as quoted in The Best of Ralph McGill : Selected Columns (1980) by Ralph McGill, edited by Michael Strickland, Harry Davis, and Jeff Strickland, p. 82
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
As quoted without source in The School Musician Director and Teacher Vol. 43 (1971) by the American School Band Directors' Association
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Source: Tender is the Night & The Last Tycoon
“Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.”
Vernon Howard (1918–1992) American writer
“Live within your income; spend less than you get; pay as you go.”
Scott Nearing (1883–1983) American activist
Attributed to Scott Nearing by Helen Nearing, Loving and Leaving the Good Life (White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing, 1993), p. 104 https://books.google.com/books?id=1pM2aj5YqZkC&pg=PA104
