One day of pleasure is worth two of sorrow.
—Unknown
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
—John Burroughs (1837–1921) American Naturalist, Writer
It is better to do the most trifling thing in the world than to regard half an hour as trifle.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
What we love to do we find time to do.
—John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) American Catholic Clergyman, Essayist, Biographer
Time wasted is a theft from God.
—Henri Frederic Amiel (1821–81) Swiss Moral Philosopher, Poet, Critic
You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.
—Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur
O, for an engine to keep back all clocks.
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English Dramatist, Poet, Actor
Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing to look back upon the time which we have lost. Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering. Time lost is time not filled, time left empty.
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–45) German Lutheran Pastor, Theologian
And that was victory. The freedom to sprawl loosely upon a city street, heat his coffee and eat a can of beans … with no enemy bullets forcing him to toss the can aside while diving behind another wall for momentary survival.
—David Douglas Duncan (1916–2018) American Photographer, Journalist
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American Historian, Political Leader, Explorer
Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.
—Horace Mann (1796–1859) American Educator, Politician, Educationalist
Live in day-tight compartments.
—Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American Self-Help Author
Realize life as an end in itself. Functioning is all there is.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935) American Jurist, Author
Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains. And the time that remains is time enough, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting.
—Arthur Brisbane (1864–1936) American Newspaper Editor, Investor
Each day provides its own gifts.
—Martial (40–104) Ancient Roman Latin Poet
And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword. Ready to do what a hero can.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–61) English Poet
Curse ruthless time! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
It isn’t hard to be good from time to time in sports. What’s tough is being good every day.
—Willie Mays (1931–2024) American Baseball Legend, Hall of Fame Center Fielder
Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
—Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali Poet, Polymath
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
Love, and do what you like.
—Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher
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
When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
—Ursula K. Le Guin (b.1929) American Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer
Take short views, hope for the best, and trust in God.
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845) English Clergyman, Essayist, Wit
Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests.
—George Matthew Adams (1878–1962) American Newspaper Columnist, Founder of Adams Service
Taking time to live is taking time to appreciate simple silence as better than any kind of talk, or watching a flower, or watching a guy wash the windows on a skyscraper and wondering what he is thinking.
—Douchan Gersi (1947–2015) Slovak Producer, Explorer
Time is that which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him.
—Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) English Polymath, Philosopher, Political/Social Theorist
That man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
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