Time is that in which all things pass away.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German Philosopher
I realized that it’s insane to oppose it. When I argue with reality, I lose—but only 100% of the time. How do I know that the wind should blow? It’s blowing!
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
—Chinese Proverb
Misspending a man’s time is a kind of self-homicide.
—E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959) British Politician, Political leader
Just as you would not permit a fellow employee to steal a piece of office equipment, you shouldn’t let anyone walk away with the time of his fellow managers.
—Andrew Grove (1936–2016) Hungarian-born American Businessperson
It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves.
—Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) American Novelist, Playwright
I can find only three kinds of business in the universe: mine, yours and God’s. Much of our stress comes from mentally living out of our business. When I think, “You need to get a job, I want you to be happy, you should be on time, you need to take better care of yourself,” I am in your business. When I’m worried about earthquakes, floods, war, or when I will die, I am in God’s business. If I am mentally in your business or in God’s business, the effect is separation.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
Time is so fleeting that if we do not remember God in our youth, age may find us incapable of thinking about him.
—Hans Christian Andersen (1805–75) Danish Author, Poet, Short Story Writer
Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
—Don Marquis (1878–1937) American Humorist, Journalist, Author
One realizes the full importance of time only when there is little of it left. Every man’s greatest capital asset is his unexpired years of productive life.
—Paul W. Litchfield (1875—1959) American Industrialist
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
—Charles Darwin (1809–82) English Naturalist
A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones; they are what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
All that time is lost which might be better employed.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) Swiss-born French Philosopher
But at my back I always hear time’s winged chariot hurrying near.
—Andrew Marvell (1621–78) English Metaphysical Poet
When a difficult situation comes into your life, it is possible to tune in to your mind and say, “Okay, choose”. Are you going to make yourself miserable or content? Are you going to visualize scarcity or abundance? Are you going to put yourself down for getting angry with your husband or are you simply going to notice what insecurity you were feeling at the time and discuss it with him? The choice is definitely yours. Pick the one that contributes most to your aliveness and growth.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
Age is opportunity no less,
than youth itself, though in another dress.
And as the evening twilight fades away,
The sky is filled by the stars invisible by the day.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.
—Octavio Paz (1914–98) Mexican Poet, Diplomat
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.
—Chinese Proverb
Money is a lubricant. It lets you “slide” through life instead of having to “scrape” by. Money brings freedom—freedom to buy what you want , and freedom to do what you want with your time. Money allows you to enjoy the finer things in life as well as giving you the opportunity to help others have the necessities in life. Most of all, having money allows you not to have to spend your energy worrying about not having money.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Time is the devourer of all things.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
If you want work well done, select a busy man; the other kind has no time.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.
—Henri Bergson (1859–1941) French Philosopher, Evolutionist
There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.
—English Proverb
Time is the chrysalis of eternity.
—Jean Paul (1763–1825) German Novelist, Humorist
When we wake up to the potential power within, our impulse is to grab it all “quick”. The more we grab, the more it seems to elude us. There is no quick. There are quick—and wonderful—seminars, workshops, books, and audios that give you tools, but they are not quick tools. They are to be used and mastered throughout a lifetime.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Make a good use of the present.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet