Time Quotes

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

20900 quotes

"Time passes, but truth remains constant."
Andreas Vesalius
A
"Time is not a river that flows; it is an ocean in which we learn to swim."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
B
"Time reveals truths that arguments cannot establish."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Everything in nature moves, changes, and transforms continuously."
Bernardino Telesio
C
"Time moves faster for those who use it well."
Cosimo de Medici
C
"The past instructs, the present acts, the future awaits."
Cosimo de Medici
E
"Time is the currency of life; spend it wisely on what truly matters."
Edward Wotton
E
"Time spent in contemplation is never wasted, though it appears so."
Edward Wotton
P
"Time is a river that flows through all things; learn to swim with it, not against it."
Paracelsus
P
"Every moment is an opportunity to choose wisdom over ignorance."
Paracelsus
C
"Time is the currency we cannot replenish; spend it wisely."
Cosimo de Medici
G
"Time is the greatest teacher, for it teaches all lessons eventually."
Giovan Battista della Porta
G
"The present moment is all we truly possess."
Giovan Battista della Porta
G
"Time flies, but wisdom teaches us to make it count."
Giovan Battista della Porta
G
"Time spent in idle pleasure is time stolen from one's eternal purpose."
Girolamo Savonarola
G
"The gift of time is the most precious gift, for it is the gift of life itself."
Girolamo Savonarola
M
"Time is the most precious commodity we possess, for it cannot be recovered once spent."
Matteo Ricci
M
"Every moment is precious because time is finite and irreplaceable."
Matteo Ricci
B
"Time is precious because it allows us to accumulate knowledge and experience."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Every moment offers an opportunity to observe something previously overlooked."
Bernardino Telesio
P
"Time is a teacher that reveals the truth of all things to those patient enough to wait."
Paracelsus
P
"Time reveals what talent and effort alone cannot."
Paracelsus
"Time is the most precious commodity; use it wisely."
Juan Luis Vives
C
"Time flies like a shadow; use it wisely."
Christine de Pizan
C
"Time is the one commodity we cannot purchase back."
Christine de Pizan
G
"Memory is the treasury of all things; without it, we are but shadows."
Giovan Battista della Porta
G
"Time invested in understanding returns infinite dividends."
Giovan Battista della Porta
N
"Time is the canvas upon which all existence is painted."
Nicodemus Copernicus
F
"Who overindulges in the present moment loses the future."
Francesco Petrarch
F
"Time grows shorter but the work grows longer."
Francesco Petrarch