Time Quotes

We all get the same 24 hours. These quotes explore what we do with them and why it matters.

20900 quotes

"Time is the substance of which I am made."
Thorstein Veblen
"Time wasted can never be recovered."
Thorstein Veblen
"Time is money, but money is not always time."
Alfred Marshall
"In economics, as in life, timing is everything."
Alfred Marshall
"What we do today echoes in eternity."
Alfred Marshall
"Time is the only true measure of value; everything else is subjective opinion."
Vilfredo Pareto
"Memory is the art of forgetting everything except our grievances."
Vilfredo Pareto
"Nostalgia is the art of remembering the good parts and forgetting the rest."
Vilfredo Pareto
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"Time is the most precious commodity."
Thomas Malthus
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"Every moment squandered is lost forever."
Thomas Malthus
"Time is the most precious commodity; use it wisely."
Vilfredo Pareto
"Every transaction involves an exchange of present goods for future goods."
Irving Fisher
"Savings represent delayed gratification for greater future satisfaction."
Irving Fisher
"Saving is simply choosing to consume in the future rather than today."
Irving Fisher
"The road to financial independence is paved with small daily decisions."
Irving Fisher
"Time is the currency that no amount of money can purchase or redeem."
Joseph Schumpeter
"Time is the most precious resource because unlike money, you cannot earn more of it."
Alfred Marshall
"Time spent in reflection is never wasted, for it is the seed of wisdom."
Alfred Marshall
"Time erodes all certainties except the certainty that time erodes."
Vilfredo Pareto
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"Historical time moves in one direction; we cannot return to a previous state of knowledge or society."
Joan Robinson
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"Each generation must remake economic theory to address the problems of its own time."
Joan Robinson
"Time is money, but money is not always time well spent."
Irving Fisher
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"Time is the great revealer of truth and the corrector of error."
Thomas Malthus
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"Time reveals the truth of all human systems and institutions."
Thomas Malthus
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"The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago; the second best is now."
Milton Friedman
"Time is the most democratic of all resources—everyone receives exactly 24 hours per day."
Vilfredo Pareto
"The value of time increases as one ages."
Vilfredo Pareto
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"Your time is your most valuable resource."
Andrew Ng
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"Good things take time."
Andrew Ng
"Interest rates are the price of time itself."
Irving Fisher