“This is why you're wasting your life away.” Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology Other
“Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.” Michael Leboeuf (1942) American business writer
“If you're not spending every waking moment of your life radically rethinking the nature of the world - if you're not plotting every moment boiling the carcass of the old order - then you're wasting your day.” Douglas Coupland book Girlfriend in a Coma Girlfriend in a Coma (1998)
“"Don't waste your life, Tom." "I think I already have, father." "You're just young. It seems like that when you're young. Life's nothing but joy or misery when you're young."” Bernard Cornwell The Grail Quest Thomas of Hookton and Father Hobbe, p. 140 The Grail Quest, The Archer's Tale/Harlequin (2000)
“If you're tolerating sin in your life, my friend, don't waste your breath praying unless it's a prayer of confession.” Bill Hybels (1951) American writer Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)
“Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself” Baz Luhrmann (1962) Australian film director, screenwriter and producer
“A scene should be selected by the writer for haunted-ness-of-mind interest.If you're not haunted by something, as by a dream, a vision, or a memory, which are involuntary, you're not interested or even involved.” Jack Kerouac book Book of Sketches Source: Book of Sketches
“It's a total lie to say there's only one person you're going to be with for the rest of your life. If you're lucky - and if you try really hard - there will always be more than one.” Rachel Cohn (1968) American writer Source: Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
“Perhaps this is how you know you're doing the thing you're intended to: No matter how slow or how slight your progress, you never feel that it's a waste of time.” Curtis Sittenfeld (1975) Novelist, short story writer Source: The Man of My Dreams
“Life is what you make of it. There's always fun and laughs right under your nose if you're willing to open your eyes to see it.” Glenn Beck (1964) U.S. talk radio and television host