Famous Time Quotes
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
I am for economy. After that I am for more economy. At this time and under present conditions that is my conception of serving all the people.
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
You may delay, but time will not.
Truth is the daughter of time.
Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.
He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
It’s bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.
Never the time and the place and the loved one all together!
As the first snow falls gently outside, covering the world in a white blanket, the season of reflection begins. Christmas is the moment when we leave behind the hustle and bustle of everyday life, embrace the warmth of community, and feel the power of love. May this festive time be filled with heartfelt moments for you and your loved ones.
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
Time cools, time clarifies no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.
As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Spring whispers: It’s time to bloom.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true.
There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time.
Elections are a good deal like marriages. There’s no accounting for anyone’s taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked him, and it’s the same with public officials.
The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils for time is the greatest innovator.
No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.
If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away.
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn’t go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he’s got.
Actually what I'm really like is very different. I just so rarely find time for it.
Being single gives you time to understand that healing isn’t linear. Some days you’ll glow with confidence; other days you’ll trip over memories. Both are progress. The point isn’t to forget — it’s to remember differently.
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.
Single is the time when you learn to give yourself closure, confidence, and compliments. It’s not easy — but it’s the kind of strength no one can take away from you.
What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.
If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.
The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him is aristocracy.
I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.
Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.
Winter is the time of year when trees are naked and I'm wearing seven layers. We have very different strategies.
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
Do not say, ‘It is morning,’ and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.
Midnight chimes – time doesn't turn back, only our courage moves forward.
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.
Nature's whispers can be heard by those who take the time to listen.
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm.
Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
The more time we spend immersed in nature, the more we realize we are a part of something vast and extraordinary.
The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of the earth pursue it consistently, and in a day’s time they will have turned it into a Hell.
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
A sweet thing, for whatever time, to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost.
Substitute damn every time you’re inclined to write very; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.
Amidst the wintry cold, when the world outside slows down, we ignite the candles of the heart. Christmas is the time of illuminating lights that vanquish darkness and of love that wraps us in its cozy embrace. May this festive season be a radiant chapter in your life, filled with love, peace, and serene moments to cherish.
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
As the snowflakes gently fall and the world transforms into a serene winter wonderland, Christmas arrives like a beautiful melody, reminding us to cherish the bonds that unite us. It's a time to wrap ourselves in the warmth of togetherness, reminisce about cherished memories, and revel in the joy of giving. May this festive season fill your heart with love, peace, and endless happiness.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.
When the glow of Christmas lights breaks through the darkness and candles cast a soft glow in our eyes, we feel the magic of this special time. Christmas is the moment when we share stories of years gone by, embrace in each other's arms, and enjoy the silence of the present. May your heart be filled with love and peace during this festive season.
I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.
From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.
There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened.
The bells ring, the scent of pine needles and baked goods fills the air – Christmas brings us the sweet memory of childhood dreams and the innocence of anticipation. It's the time when we realize that it's the small gestures of love that make the holiday so special. In this spirit, I wish you a festive Christmas filled with warmth and security.