Time Planning Means Success
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I 20 July 2014
There is a well-known saying attributed to the philosopher Aristotle: “It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.” This saying was repeated by one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin, in these words: “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”
Our life is divided in units, that is, 24 hours every-day. Our success and failure depend upon whether or not we are able to successfully plan our day and night. It is this time-planning that makes our life a case of success or failure. We cannot create a new calendar. We have no option other than to adjust with the calendar that has been designed by nature. From morning to evening and from evening to morning there are twenty-four hours. There are several parts of this duration. Every portion has a special significance.
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