Motivational Quotes

Time

I was thinking about how disjointedly time seemed to flow, passing in a blur at times, with single images standing out more clearly than others. And then, at other times, every second was significant, etched in my mind.

- Stephenie Meyer

Best Quotes about Time

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Fleming, Ian

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

Scottish Proverb

Time has a wonderful way of weeding out the trivial.

Sapir, Richard Ben

Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.

Otway, Thomas

Why kill time when one can employ it.

Proverb, French

When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.

Howe, Edgar Watson

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes. No reward is offered. They are gone forever.

Mann, Horace

So little time and so little to do.

Oscar Levant

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Carl Sandburg

10.

Think with awe on the slow and quiet power of time.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

11.

He that lacks the time to mourn, lacks time to mend.

12.

Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains -- except kill it.

Fromm, Erich

13.

We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.

Covey, Stephen R.

14.

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead.

Hoagland, Edward

15.

Time spent in getting even would be better spent in getting ahead.

16.

Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator.

Orben, Robert

17.

Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.

Chesterfield, Lord

18.

Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial.

Dane, Frank

19.

Time is Too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, time is not.

Dyke, Henry Van

20.

Sentimentality--that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

Greene, Graham

21.

He that rises late must trot all day.

Franklin, Benjamin

22.

A person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it is, pockets your watch, and then sends you a bill for it.

23.

I wasted time and now doth time waste me.

William Shakespeare

24.

Time is a great healer, but a poor beautician.

Harper, Lucille S.

25.

We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1 30th of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past.

Wolfe, Thomas

26.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. [Ecclesiastes 3:1]

Bible

27.

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.

Plutarch

28.

The supply of time is a daily miracle. You wake up in the morning and lo! Your purse is magnificently filled with 24 hours of the unmanufactured tissue of the universe of life. It is yours! The most precious of your possessions.

Bennet, Arnold

29.

Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we've already wasted fifteen minutes.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

30.

Review our priorities, ask the question; What's the best use of our time right now?

Lakein, Alan

31.

Don't serve time, make time serve you

Sutton, William

32.

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker

La Bruyere, Jean De

33.

You must never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

Buxton, Charles

34.

Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow. Now, number them in the order of their true importance. The first thing tomorrow morning, start working on an item Number 1, and stay with it until completed. Then take item Number 2 the same way. Then Number 3, and so on. Don't worry if you don't complete everything on the schedule. At least you will have completed the most important projects before getting to the less important ones.

Lee, Ivy

35.

Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance.

Buscaglia, Leo

36.

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person's genius is confined to a very few hours.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

37.

Time stays long enough for those who use it.

Da Vinci, Leonardo

38.

The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: I DID NOT HAVE TIME.

Field, Franklin

39.

You wake up in the morning, and your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of un-manufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious of possessions. No one can take it from you. And no one receives either more or less than you receive.

Bennett, Arnold

40.

The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.

Blake, William

41.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

Wells, H.G.

42.

He who lets time rule him will live the life of a slave.

Arthorne, John

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People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.