Timeless Wisdom – Quotes about Time and Life

The trouble is, you think you have time. – Buddha

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. – Theophrastus

Don’t count every hour in the day; make every hour in the day count! – Unknown

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. – William Penn

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. – Jean-Paul Sartre

Time is a great healer, but a poor beautician. – Lucille S. Harper

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. – Groucho Marx

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. – Chinese Proverb

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. – Marthe Troly-Curtin

Lost time is never found again. – Benjamin Franklin

Time is what prevents everything from happening at once. – Albert Einstein

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. – Michael Altshuler

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. – Steve Jobs

Time heals all wounds, but it doesn’t erase the scars. – Unknown

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift; that’s why it’s called the present. – Alice Morse Earle

Time is a wealth of change, but the clock in its parody makes it mere change and no wealth. – Rabindranath Tagore

You don’t manage time; you manage yourself. – Unknown

Time is the wisest counselor of all. – Pericles

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. – William Shakespeare

Stop waiting for Friday, for summer, for someone to fall in love with you, for life. Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it and make the most of the moment you are in now. – Unknown

Every moment is a fresh beginning. – T.S. Eliot

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. – William Penn

The future starts today, not tomorrow. – Pope John Paul II

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. – Faith Baldwin

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. – Albert Einstein

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. – Leo Tolstoy

Time does not change us. It just unfolds us. – Max Frisch

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers. – Unknown

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you can never get back. – Unknown

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. – Carl Sandburg

Time does not exist – clocks exist. – Unknown

Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new… but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its mystery and its design? – Paracelsus

Time is money. – Benjamin Franklin

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on. – Robert Frost

Time is the most valuable thing you can spend on earth. – Theophrastus

Forever is composed of nows. – Emily Dickinson

Time flies, but memories last forever. – Unknown

The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down. – Stephen Richards

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. – John Lennon

It’s not about having enough time; it’s about making enough time. – Rachael Bermingham

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. – Michael Altshuler

Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can’t buy more hours. Scientists can’t invent new minutes. And you can’t save time to spend it on another day. – Denis Waitley

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time. Because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back. – Rick Warren

Time is the longest distance between two places. – Tennessee Williams