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.

The sadistic narcissist perceives himself as Godlike, ruthless and devoid of scruples, capricious and unfathomable, emotion-less and non-sexual, omniscient, omnipotent and omni-present, a plague, a devastation, an inescapable verdict.
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Time is limited and some opportunities never repeat themselves.
Beth de Jong
Beth de Jong
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Seek out the moments when you felt your heart move. When something changed forever, even if that moment seems minuscule compared to the rest of the story. That will be your five-second moment. Until you have it, you don't have a story. When you find it, you're ready to begin crafting your story.
Michael Scott
Michael Scott
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Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.
Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov
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Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury
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Good morning, Lord! What are You up to today? Can I be a part of it? Thank You. Amen.
Norman Grubbs
Norman Grubbs
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Live in the moment and be present in all that you do. Don't worry yourself with what happened yesterday or what's going to happen tomorrow. Stay focused with what's in front of you.
Michael Finley
Michael Finley
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You may delay, but time will not.
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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Chinese proverb
Chinese proverb
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For the real difference between happiness and joy is that one is grounded in this world, the other in eternity. Happiness cannot encompass suffering and evil. Joy can. Happiness depends on the present. Joy leaps into the future and triumphantly creates a new present out of it.
Lisa M. Bouchard
Lisa M. Bouchard
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If we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late; if we act as individuals, it'll be too little, but if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time.
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To live beyond your means today is to live below them tomorrow.
Hans F. Sennholz
Hans F. Sennholz
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A library is a path to the future - find yours there.
Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark
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A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs.
Joan Walsh Anglund
Joan Walsh Anglund
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A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week." General George S. Patton, Jr.
Dan Norris
Dan Norris
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For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long-time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso
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Nothing we do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.
Ashleigh Brilliant
Ashleigh Brilliant
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The unexpected connections we make might not last, yet stay with us forever.
Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola
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Do something today that your future self will thank you for.
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Tomorrow never comes.
Rajneesh
Rajneesh
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When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top.
Jacqueline Susann
Jacqueline Susann
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Time heals nothing, it merely rearranges our memory.
Gary Numan
Gary Numan
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I enjoy my time alone.
Stephanie Zimbailist
Stephanie Zimbailist
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If we could build an economy that would use things rather than use them up, we could build a future.
Ellen MacArthur
Ellen MacArthur
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What you do today will determine whether you will have success tomorrow. Success comes as a result of action.
John C. Maxwell
John C. Maxwell
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Life is just a moment of time and it passes by.
Black Thought
Black Thought
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There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job.
George W. Crane
George W. Crane
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Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.
Harvey Mackay
Harvey Mackay
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There are moments that have a certain flavor of eternity.
Marc Levy
Marc Levy
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All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen
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And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
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We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.
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For you, a thousand times over.
Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini
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