Don't count the days- make the days count.
Marcel Pagnol
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Don't count the days, make the days count.
MUHAMMAD ALI Don't count the days, make the days count.
MOHAMMED ALI What then is there left for me to do? Not count the weeks, the days and the hours which will bring m...
WILLIAM BOOTH Don't count the minutes, make the minutes count.
MICHAELA D. You think when you wake up in the mornin yesterday dont count. But yesterday is all that does count....
CORMAC MCCARTHY • Plan in decades
• Think in years
• Work in months
• Count in days
• ...
@KOQOO Entrepreneur, make today count and but don't let the day count you.
ONYI ANYADO You think when you wake up in the mornin yesterday don't count. But yesterday is all that does count...
CORMAC MCCARTHY Leave off asking what tomorrow will bring, and
whatever days fortune will give, count them
HORACE Don't just count your years, make your years count.
ERNEST MEYERS Don't just count your years, make your years count.
GEORGE MEREDITH Entrepreneur, make today count but don't let the day count you. ~ Onyi Anyado.
ONYI ANYADO At the end of last month, we had a 20-hour supply of the Prius (hybrid sedan). We no longer count in...
JIM PRESS We're going to count one at a time. It could take days. It could take years. It could take lifetimes...
BOB JOHANNESSEN Dont count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count.
ALICE BLOCH Don't just count your years, make your years count.
GEORGE MEREDITH All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope
ALEXANDRE DUMAS Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count.
ALBERT EINSTEIN We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.
NEAL A. MAXWELL If you want to make God count something, make a woman weep and He will count her tears.
VIKRANT PARSAI Make each day count
SUNDAY ADELAJA Sometimes the best experiences are days when you u dont do anything...
EULLYS "JEWELZ" HINNANT III As to each of us, the knowledge that we are here but briefly and a nonnegotiable limit is set to our...
HANS JONAS Men count A money. Women count the money.
EPHDAN How one deals with the death of a loved one is a highly personalized affair. Some people weep for da...
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to...
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Going to see those cancer patients, that's a real humbling experience and it's taken a toll on me th...
ANDRE HALL You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spel...
A.A. MILNE You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spel...
WINNIE THE POOH Ideas will only get you so far these days. Count on personal relationships to carry you farther. The...
PAM ALEXANDER It was the kind of day that glittered and beckoned like a foretaste of heaven. The snow no longer fe...
TRACY REES Soon man will count all his days, and then smaller segments of the day, and then smaller still—unt...
MITCH ALBOM They tell us to count our blessings whilst they count the coffers
DEAN CAVANAGH We can't count (the number made). I never thought to count them.
GLORIA WOODRUFF With Alzheimer's, recent memory is affected first. At the start, you count the memory loss in da...
LAURIE GRAHAM The fellow who does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them.
SOURCE UNKNOWN When you count your blessings, count life twice.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait...The truth is, there are only two things in...
ROBERT ANTHONY "If the Count from Sesame Street where to count my body parts, it would take his at least 6 seconds ...
NATHAN ELMO MELO Everybody counts—the Happy ones Count their Blessings and the sad ones Count their Troubles.
RVM when i count my blessings i count you twice
HAMMAAD AHMAR Cherish every minute. Treasure every hour. Make each day count.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy busine...
COUNT BASIE The government must always be a step ahead of the popular movement.
COUNT BOYTZWNBURG I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your fee...
COUNT BASIE I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy busines...
COUNT BASIE Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!
COUNT BASIE I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted ...
COUNT BASIE I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your ...
COUNT BASIE If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune.
COUNT BASIE Thou dost not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed
COUNT OXENSTIERNA and never be out of date.
COUNT BASIE I was always willing to say, "Let's see what happens," when something came up that looked like it mi...
COUNT BASIE I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy busines...
COUNT BASIE All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel ... and that’s what I’ve been d...
COUNT BASIE It's the way you play that makes it . . . Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got ...
COUNT BASIE Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.
COUNT BASIE If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune.
COUNT BASIE Absolutism tempered by assassination
COUNT MUNSTER I was always willing to say, "Let's see what happens," when something came up that looked like it m...
COUNT BASIE All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel ... and thats what Ive been doi...
COUNT BASIE I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your feet...
COUNT BASIE All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've bee...
COUNT BASIE The people knew another count was being done and stayed off the road to reduce the count.
DARLENE THIXTON You are the master of your thoughts - make them count in a positive way.
ROXE There was nothing to do but keep moving forward and make the moments count.
SUZANNE COLLINS Spend all of yourself before you die; make every breath count.
SCOTTIE SOMERS Make every day count, because you're never promised a next day.
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE You will never have this day again So,, Make it count.
MEIR EZRA Quantity is what you count, quality is what you count on.
DAVE BARRY Any one can count the seeds in an apple..
Only God can count the apples in a seed.
ROBERT SCHULLER Always count the cost.
AMERICAN PROVERB Always count the cost.
PROVERB Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, an...
ALEXANDRE DUMAS You can count on Errol Flynn, he'll always let you down.
DAVID NIVEN You can?t count on New Trier.
TRESA LABOUBE As long as I count the votes, what are YOU going to do about it?
WILLIAM TWEED It's the little things that count, hundreds of 'em.
CLIFF SHAW To get as many destination skiers as we do is something we didn't really count on.
STEVE SPENCER I don't take anything for granted with nationals. I can't count out anyone or know what anyone is do...
SASHA COHEN You can count calories all day and night, But Calories DON'T Count.
SHELLI THOMPSON Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the apples in one seed.
ROBERT H. SCHULLER As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.
GEORGE ELIOT (PSEUDONYM OF MARY ANN EVANS CROSS) There is so little time. We need to make every moment count.
SHANNON DELANY Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to coun...
JOYCE GIRAUD When doctors tell you that your only hope for survival is 14 straight days of intense chemotherapy, ...
CRAIG SAGER I don't count sheep, I count blessings and money even when I sleep.
SEAN CROSBY I also told you when I made you my bride that I would not count the days if you would promise me the...
CYNDI TEFFT Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
ROBERT H. SCHULLER The best you can do everyday is to make each an every one of them count.
MORAKENG SEKGOKA When we realize the shortness of life, we begin to see the importance of making every moment count.
DILLON BURROUGHS We paid for the Census Bureau to give us an accurate count. We don't believe that's an accurate coun...
JAMES STOVER Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
JOHN LENNON We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Count your joys instead of your woes; Count your friends instead of your foes.
IRISH SAYINGS Always count your blessings, even if you have to count them through your tears
ELEANOR BROWNN It’s easy to count other people’s mistakes. Make your own if you can.
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MARCEL DUCHAMP I was highly attracted to chess for forty or forty-five years; then, little by little, my enthusiasm...
MARCEL DUCHAMP People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which they will forsake t...
MARCEL PROUST The problem is that to be a producer, one must be a gambler, and the greatest French producers were ...
MARCEL CARNE Artists of all times are like the gamblers of Monte Carlo, and this blind lottery allows some to suc...
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