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42 Time Quotes

Time, a relentless river flowing through our lives, carries with it the wisdom of ages past and the promise of moments yet to come. “Time flies when you’re having fun,” they say, reminding us to savor every joyful second. Conversely, “time heals all wounds” offers solace in moments of pain, assuring us that wounds will fade with its passage. “Time waits for no one” is a gentle nudge to seize opportunities while we can, for the clock never stops ticking. These sayings are the threads that weave the tapestry of our existence, urging us to appreciate the fleeting beauty of each passing moment.

Time Quotes

Time Quotes

 


 

“Time goes on. So whatever you’re going to do, do it. Do it now. Don’t wait.”

-Robert De Niro

 


 

“All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.”

-Baltasar Gracian

 


 

“Regret for wasted time is more wasted time.”

-Mason Cooley

 


 

“Lost time is never found again.”

-Benjamin Franklin

 


 

“Time and tide wait for no man.”

-Geoffrey Chaucer

 


 

“The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.”

-Stephen R. Covey

 


 

“Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.”

-Adam Hochschild

 


 

“Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.”

-Faith Baldwin

 


 

“The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do something.”

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

 


 

“We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.”

-John F. Kennedy

 


 

“Time is the wisest counselor of all.”

-Pericles

 


 

“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.”

-William Shakespeare

 


 

“You may delay, but time will not.”

-Benjamin Franklin

 


 

“Time brings all things to pass.”

-Aeschylus

 


 

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”

-Mother Teresa

 


 

“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”

-Jean de La Fontaine

 


 

“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”

-William Penn

 


 

“Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend.”

-Diogenes Laërtius

 


 

“Time will pass and seasons will come and go.”

-Roy Bean

 


 

“Time moves in one direction, memory in another.”

-William Gibson

 


 

“Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.”

-John Archibald Wheeler

 


 

“Procrastination is the thief of time.”

-Edward Young

 


 

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

-Marthe Troly-Curtin

 


 

“There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.”

-Michelangelo

 


 

“Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.”

-Leonardo da Vinci

 


 

“If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.”

-Maria Edgeworth

 


 

”All great achievements require time.”

-Maya Angelou

 


 

“Time is long but life is short.”

-Stevie Wonder

 


 

“Time is the longest distance between two places.”

-Tennessee Williams

 


 

“Time flies. It’s up to you to be the navigator.”

-Robert Orben

 


 

“Forever is composed of nows.”

-Emily Dickinson

 


 

“Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.”

-Daniel J. Boorstin

 


 

“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”

-Theophrastus

 


 

“The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.”

-William Butler Yeats

 


 

“Time makes more converts than reason.”

-Thomas Paine

 


 

“Time is generally the best doctor.”

-Ovid

 


 

“Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.”

-Jim Rohn

 


 

“I don’t care how busy I am – I will always make time for what’s most important to me.”

-Kevin Hart

 


 

“Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.”

-Michael LeBoeuf

 


 

“The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.”

-Henry James

 


 

“There’s time enough, but none to spare.”

-Charles W. Chesnutt

 


 

“Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.”

-Roy T. Bennett