Time Quotes

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!'

Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.

People find life entirely too time-consuming.

I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.

Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.

Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.

How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?

Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting.

This moment contains all moments.

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.