0.0 – Christian Science Publication Contents Mary Baker Eddy Subtitles Category: Book Book#: 10 Series: Other Writings Total Books: 39 Book: Miscellaneous Writings Section#: Section: - NA Total Sections: 1 Chapter: Precept Upon Precept Chapter#: 8 Subtitle: Time, Improve Your Total Chapters: 19 Subtitle Level: Subtitle#: 9 Beg Pg#: 230 Total Subtitle: 131 Beg Line#: 1 Total Pgs: 1 End Pg#: 230 View/Download: available later End Line#: 25 Topics: Tags: Description: Text Content: 1 IMPROVE YOUR TIME Success in life depends upon persistent effort, upon 3 the improvement of moments more than upon any other one thing. A great amount of time is consumed in talking nothing, doing nothing, and indecision as to what one 6 should do. If one would be successful in the future, let him make the most of the present. Three ways of wasting time, one of which is con- 9 temptible, are gossiping mischief, making lingering calls, and mere motion when at work, thinking of nothing or planning for some amusement, — travel of limb more 12 than mind. Rushing around smartly is no proof of ac- complishing much. All successful individuals have become such by hard 15 work; by improving moments before they pass into hours, and hours that other people may occupy in the pursuit of pleasure. They spend no time in sheer idleness, in 18 talking when they have nothing to say, in building air- castles or floating off on the wings of sense: all of which drop human life into the ditch of nonsense, and worse 21 than waste its years. "Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; 24 Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait."