Nothing is swifter than our years.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
—Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist
Time is the dressing room for eternity.
—Unknown
So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.
—Ben Hecht (1894–1964) American Screenwriter, Playwright
All my possessions for a moment of time.
—Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603) British Monarch
Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial.
—Frank Lane (1896–1981) American Sportsperson, Businessperson
Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German Philosopher
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
—Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali Poet, Polymath
Time and I against any two.
—Spanish Proverb
What comes first, the compass or the clock? Before one can truly manage time (the clock), it is important to know where you are going, what your priorities and goals are, in which direction you are headed (the compass). Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what’s urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.
—Unknown
I have resolved that from this day on, I will do all the business I can honestly, have all the fun I can reasonably, do all the good I can willingly, and save my digestion by thinking pleasantly.
—Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) Scottish Novelist
One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.
—Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet live very little.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
For present joys are more to flesh and blood than a dull prospect of a distant good.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.
—Anthony J. D’Angelo
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
—George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh Anglican Poet, Orator, Clergyman
This too shall pass.
—Unknown
Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.
—Polish Proverb
This time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
If time be of all things most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality, since lost time is never found again.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
To fill the hour, that is happiness; to fill the hour, and leave no crevice for a repentance or an approval.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
While time, the endless idiot, runs screaming round the world.
—Carson McCullers (1917–67) American Novelist
Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time wasted in disapproving of others.
—Unknown
He who has lived a day has lived an age.
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
To live each day as though one’s last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing—here is perfection of character.
—Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher
Make measurable progress in reasonable time.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
Time itself is an element.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
Showing up is 80 percent of life.
—Woody Allen (b.1935) American Film Actor, Director
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