The simplest things give me ideas.
—Joan Miro (1893–1983) Spanish Artist
Gladly accept the gifts of the present hour.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist
Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.
—Charles Lamb (1775–1834) British Essayist, Poet
Simplicity of character is no hindrance to subtlety of intellect.
—John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838–1923) British Writer, Journalist, Political Leader, Editor
No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–44) French Novelist, Aviator
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
—Walter Scott (1771–1832) Scottish Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Lawyer
Life, we learn too late, is in the living, in the tissue of every day and hour.
—Stephen Leacock (1869–1944) Canadian Humorist, Writer
He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, “I have lived.” Tomorrow the heavenly Father may either involve the world in dark clouds, or cheer it with clear sunshine; he will not, however, render ineffectual the things which have already taken place.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
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
Not a day passes over the earth but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows. Of these obscure heroes, philosophers, and martyrs the greater part will never be known till that hour when many that were great shall be small, and the small great.
—Charles Reade (1814–84) English Novelist, Playwright
Each day, each hour, an entire life.
—Juan Ramon Jimenez (1881–1958) Spanish Lyric Poet
He is only rich who owns the day. There is no king, rich man, fairy, or demon who possesses such power as that.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
A sense of the value of time … is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry.
—Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) British Novelist, Playwright, Critic
Simplicity is the glory of expression.
—Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist
You may ask me for anything you like except time.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
All my possessions for a moment of time.
—Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603) British Monarch
Simple style is like white light. It is complex, but its complexity is not obvious.
—Anatole France (1844–1924) French Novelist
Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
—Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–47) French Moralist, Essayist, Writer
The days come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant friendly party, but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
He who has lived a day has lived an age.
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it’s clear proof that it should be rejected.
—Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–47) French Moralist, Essayist, Writer
The most important thing in our lives is what we are doing now.
—Unknown
Your daily life is your temple and your religion.
—Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese-American Philosopher, Poet, Sculptor
Live mindful of how brief your life is.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
Who loses a day loses life.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Possessions dwindle: I mourn their loss. But I mourn the loss of time much more; for anyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time.
—Latin Proverb
To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.
—John W. Gardner (1912–2002) American Activist
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