Time Quotes
History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.Cicero, Pro Publio Sestio
Memory is not so brilliant as hope, but it is more beautiful, and a thousand times as true.George Dennison Prentice
I used to wake up at 4 A. M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness.James Thurbe
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depends on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the measure as I have received and am still receiving.Albert Einstein
Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
Sometimes being pushed to the wall gives you the momentum necessary to get over it!Peter de Jage
Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - The one doing the important job - Unnoticed.David K. Shiple
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.Chinese Prove
Away back in that time - In 1492 - There was a man by the name of Columbus came from across the great ocean, and he discovered the country for the white man... What did he find when he first arrived here Did he find a white man standing on the continent then... I stood here first, and Columbus first discovered me.Chitto Harjo
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.Dante Alighieri
The continued propinquity of another human being cramps the style after a time unless that person is somebody you think you love. Then the burden becomes intolerable at once.Quentin Crisp
Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.Miguel De Cervantes
Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time How many things, too, are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected.Pliny the Elde
If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.Lynda Barry
The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.Bob Marley
Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.William Faulkne
We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse.Ani Difranco, Letter to a John
I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.Fulton John Sheen
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., quoted by Human Behavior, May 1978
Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can - - And surely will at times - - Fail. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.Dr. Joyce Brothers
Playing seems to be both disinterested and passionate at the same time disinterested in that it is not for real, and passionate in the absorption it requires.Oliver Bevan
What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.Crowfoot
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.Marcus Aelius Aurelius
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?Elbert Hubbard
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.Sir Francis Bacon
If a man defrauds you one time, he is a rascal; if he does it twice, you are a fool.Author Unknown
Truth is the daughter of time.Aulus Gellius
Time as he grows old teaches all things.Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
Sometimes a fool makes a good suggestion.Nicolas Boileau
Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering.Dietrich Bonhoeffe
Sometimes a good exit is all you can ask for.Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
If you get up one time more than you fall, you will make it through.Author Unknown
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.Henri Frdric Amiel
By the time a man notices that he is no longer young, his youth has long since left him.W. Somerset Maugham
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.Marabel Morgan, The Electric Woman
Those who enjoy such freedoms as we enjoy, forget in time that men died to earn them.Franklin Roosevelt
Cowardice asks the question - Is it safe? Vanity asks the question - Is it popular? Expediency asks the question - Is it political? But conscience asks the question - Is it right? There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, popular, or political; but because it is right.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
