Waste Of Effort Quotes by Yasunari Kawabata, Tom Robbins, Charles Darwin, Lucian, James Weldon Johnson, Og Mandino and many others.

But, drawn to her at that moment, he felt a quiet like the voice of the rain flow over him. He knew well enough that for her it was in fact no waste of effort, but somehow the final determination that it was had the effect of distilling and purifying the woman’s existence.
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Realize that true happiness lies within you.
Make yourself as happy as possible, and try to make those happy whose lives come in touch with yours. But to attempt to right the wrongs and cease the sufferings of the world in general is a waste of effort.
True happiness lies within you.
As to the number of novels I’ve abandoned… I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that’s a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort.