Time Quotes

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

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"Time is a gift that flies on invisible wings."
Friedrich Schiller
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"The present moment is all we truly possess."
Friedrich Schiller
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"Memory is the bridge between past knowledge and present action."
Christian Wolff
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"Every moment presents an opportunity for improvement."
Christian Wolff
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"Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered."
Johann Goethe
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"In the morning, a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only his legs remain."
Johann Goethe
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"Nothing is worth more than this day."
Johann Goethe
"Time passes, but wisdom endures."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"The passage of time reveals the foolishness of customs that were once thought immutable."
Catharine Macaulay
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"Time is the grand teacher; patience is the great virtue."
Johann Herder
"Time teaches us what thought alone cannot."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"Time flies like an arrow; hours use their wings to escape."
Friedrich Schiller
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"Time cannot be redeemed; once spent, it is eternally gone."
Friedrich Schiller
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"Time is the measure of change, not the substance of reality itself."
Christian Wolff
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"Time reveals the consequences of our choices with mathematical precision."
Christian Wolff
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"In studying the past, we equip ourselves to meet the future with greater wisdom."
Catharine Macaulay
"Time is the teacher that reveals truth hidden from hasty observation."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"Time is the canvas upon which we paint our achievements."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Time spent in study is time well invested."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Nothing is worth more than this day."
Johann Goethe
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"Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered."
Johann Goethe
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"Time is the greatest teacher; unfortunately it kills all its students."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Time, the subtle thief of youth."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Time is the most precious gift we have."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Time waits for no one, so make it count."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Those who make the worst use of their time are the same ones who complain that it passes too quickly."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"Time is money, and money is time."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"The seasons teach us that all things have their time, and patience brings its rewards."
Jean Bodin