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 most precious commodity; squander it not on trivial pursuits."
Miltiades
T
"The passage of time is the ultimate judge of all actions."
Themistocles
T
"Time waits for no man, yet the wise make time wait for them."
Themistocles
T
"Time is the currency in which all debts are paid."
Themistocles
"Time is the one resource we cannot reclaim."
Leonidas I
P
"Time lost cannot be reclaimed; therefore, waste not a moment."
Philip II
P
"The present moment is the only time we truly possess."
Philip II
I
"Time reveals all truths, for it is the judge of all things."
Isocrates
A
"Time reveals what effort conceals"
Aristarchus
A
"Time serves those who think deeply"
Aristarchus
D
"The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something."
Demosthenes
D
"The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind."
Demosthenes
D
"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."
Demosthenes
D
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Demosthenes
T
"Time is the greatest teacher and the cruelest judge."
Themistocles
P
"Time is the judge of all things."
Pericles
P
"Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time."
Pericles
P
"Time, with all its wisdom, brings everything to light."
Pericles
P
"The passage of time teaches what youth refuses to learn."
Philip II
D
"He who plants dates does not harvest dates."
Demosthenes
D
"Time is the most precious thing we have."
Demosthenes
D
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second best time is now."
Demosthenes
H
"What seems uncertain today becomes clear tomorrow with proper measurement."
Hipparchus
H
"The stars have been waiting since the beginning of time for someone to understand them."
Hipparchus
H
"The precise measurement of today becomes the wisdom of tomorrow."
Hipparchus
E
"Time reveals all truths."
Eratosthenes
E
"Time is both our greatest ally and rival."
Eratosthenes
I
"The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago; the second best time is now."
Isocrates
I
"Time is the one commodity even the wealthy cannot buy more of; spend it wisely."
Isocrates
P
"Time is the most precious commodity, spend it wisely."
Pericles