"The essential question is not, "How busy..." - Quote by Oprah Winfrey
The essential question is not, "How busy are you?" but "What are you busy at?"
More by Oprah Winfrey
“Even the wildest dreams have to start somewhere. Allow yourself the time and space to let your mind wander and your imagination fly.”
“Your intention rules your life and determines the outcome.”
“Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change our perspective of your day and your life.”
More on Purpose
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
“Get action. Do things; be sane; don't fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.”
“I've never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn't mean for me to have kids so that everybody else's children could be mine.”
More on Priorities
“My father died very suddenly at sixty-three. Just dropped dead. For a long time afterward, I'd ask myself, Why didn't I ask him to play golf more? Why didn't I spend more time with him? But when you're off trying to get the brass ring, you forget and overlook those little things. It gives you a certain amount of regret later on, but there's nothing you can do about it. So you just forge on.”
“At 46 one must be a miser; only have time for essentials.”
“Fame and admiration weigh not a feather in the scale against friendship and love, for the heart languishes all the same.”