Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains. And the time that remains is time enough, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Regret, Time, Remorse, Value of Time, Time Management, Disappointment
The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can’t get out and those outside don’t want to get in.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Death
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Effort, Hard Work, Work, Success
Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Solitude
Spinoza, greatest abstract philosopher, left his sister a bed and a small silver pen knife, no money, no land, no house, but his thought has taught the world’s greatest thinking men.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Poverty
The electric unit, whatever it may be, but certainly infinitely “small,” may ultimately win man’s fight against his most deadly enemy, the invisible enemy.
—Arthur Brisbane
Time is the one thing we possess. Our success depends upon the use of our time, and its by-product, the odd moment.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Time, Time Management
A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Candor, Friendship
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