Top 371 Time Quotes

Time is the one resource no one gets more of. These quotes on time, from philosophers to scientists, turn an abstract idea into something practical: how to spend the present, make peace with the past, and stop waiting for the perfect moment.

There is no wrong time to do the right thing.
Charles M. Blow
Charles M. Blow
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I've upped my standards. Now, up yours.
Pat Paulsen
Pat Paulsen
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No more wars, no more bloodshed. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever.
Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin
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Be Here Now is all about being present and not fearing what you don't know.
Andy Wysnfield
Andy Wysnfield
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The Decisions You Make Today Affect The Outcomes Of Tomorrow.
Todd Stocker
Todd Stocker
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Today I am the greatest of all time.
Rickey Henderson
Rickey Henderson
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The future is always beginning now.
Mark Strand
Mark Strand
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When you start to feel like things should have been better this year, remember the mountains and valleys that got you here. They are not accidents, and those moments weren't in vain. You are not the same. You have grown and you are growing. You are breathing; you are living; you are wrapped in endless, boundless grace. And things will get better. There is more to you than yesterday.
Unknown
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Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now. Write down what you want most and see it often.
Robin Sharma
Robin Sharma
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Live in the present and shape the future, do not be casting lingering looks to the distant past for the past has passed away, never again to return.
Subramanya Bharathi
Subramanya Bharathi
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We kill time; time buries us.
Machado de Assis
Machado de Assis
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After a breakup, it takes a couple weeks for the fog to settle, but it's always a period of self-priority and growth. Life presents you with so many decisions. A lot of times, they're right in front of your face and they're really difficult, but we must make them.
Unknown
Unknown
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The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
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The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.
Thomas S. Monson
Thomas S. Monson
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Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly.
Gina Greenlee
Gina Greenlee
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Worrying does not take away tomorrow's troubles. It takes away today's peace.
Judson Brewer
Judson Brewer
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In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first.
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Frederick Winslow Taylor
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People say to think seven generations ahead when making big decisions, because our future ancestors - those yet to arrive, who will one day become the Elders - live with the choices we make today.
Unknown
Unknown
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History is always changing behind us, and the past changes a little every time we retell it.
Hillary Mantel
Hillary Mantel
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From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that is eternity.
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
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A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, "You are mad; you are not like us."
Anthony de Mello
Anthony de Mello
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Every morning we get a chance to be different. A chance to change. A chance to be better. Your past is your past. Leave it there. Get on with the future part, honey.
Nicola Williams
Nicola Williams
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Time is my greatest enemy.
Evita Peron
Evita Peron
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Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Robert T. Kiyosaki
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Everything is transient. Everything is constantly changing. The only thing we have is now.
Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange
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Time may heal all wounds, but it does not erase the scars.
Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen
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The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
Unknown
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Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking.
Moshe Safdie
Moshe Safdie
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Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
Jordan B. Peterson
Jordan B. Peterson
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Time really is a circle; I can see that now. We are trapped between a past we can't return to and a future that is uncertain. And it takes guts to live here, in the hard space
between anticipation and realization.
between anticipation and realization.
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Violence against women isn't cultural, it's criminal. Equality cannot come eventually, it's something we must fight for now.
Samantha Power
Samantha Power
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Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today.
Dwight Howard
Dwight Howard
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Maybe it's time to find a new normal.
Trish Doller
Trish Doller
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Knowing your history can give you the tools to shape your future. Gloria Feldt
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wisdom
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One day, you and I are gonna wake up and be alright. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but one day. One day. I promise you.
Fisher Amelie
Fisher Amelie
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I have so much to do! And there's so little time!
John Gunther
John Gunther
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Taliban: Americans have all the watches, but we have all the time.
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Unknown
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They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us; they can't get away from us this time.
Cheasty Puller
Cheasty Puller
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The past is just a story we tell ourselves.
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
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Time is both free and priceless. The person you are now is a consequence of how you used your time in the past. The person you'll become in the future is a consequence of how you use your time in the present. Spend your time wisely, gamble it intrinsically and save it diligently.
Steve Harrell
Steve Harrell
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When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.
Dan Fossey
Dan Fossey
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The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late.
Ben Folds
Ben Folds
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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.
A.J. Cronin
A.J. Cronin
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Our future depends on how we understand the past.
Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Cerati
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Art is obsolete now. New technologies are taking over.
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons
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Marriage: If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. You shield it and protect it. You never abuse it. You don't expose it to the elements. You don't make it common or ordinary. If it ever becomes tarnished, you lovingly polish it until it gleams like new. It becomes special because you have made it so, and it grows more beautiful and precious as time goes by.
Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers
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Everyday begins like a blank chalkboard, on which each one of us can write the poem of our present and our dreams for the future.
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
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Science is the storytelling of our time.
William Irwin Thompson
William Irwin Thompson
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