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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"People predict the future based on the past, even when the future will be different."
Amos Tversky
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"Temporal discounting leads us to overvalue immediate rewards."
Amos Tversky
A
"Time is the ultimate scarce resource."
Amos Tversky
H
"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils."
Harriet Martineau
C
"Time is the one resource we cannot create more of."
Christopher Peterson
C
"Legacy is built on consistency over time."
Christopher Peterson
H
"Time is the vehicle of thoughts."
Herbert Spencer
H
"Time waits for no man; it is the great equalizer."
Herbert Spencer
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"We live only a small part of the life we have lived; the rest is in memory, imagination, and fantasy."
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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"The present moment is the only moment that is truly yours."
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
M
"Time is not something you find; it is something you create through priorities."
Martin Seligman
R
"The experience of time accelerates with age due to how memory encodes experiences"
Roy Baumeister
R
"The self is both continuous and changing, maintaining identity through constant transformation"
Roy Baumeister
A
"The memory we have of our past is not accurate; it is constructed and reconstructed every time we recall it."
Amos Tversky
A
"Time is the only truly valuable resource we have."
Amos Tversky
A
"We overestimate what we can accomplish in a year and underestimate what we can accomplish in a decade."
Amos Tversky
A
"The planning fallacy makes us perpetually optimistic about timelines."
Amos Tversky
D
"Our life is not determined by our experiences, but by our memories of them."
Daniel Kahneman
H
"Time is the only wealth that cannot be multiplied or recovered."
Harriet Martineau
H
"The greatest gift we can give is our time."
Harriet Martineau
D
"Our attention is our most precious resource."
Daniel Goleman
M
"Small moments of concentration accumulate into a life of significance."
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
M
"Nostalgia is often the mind protecting itself from the present."
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
C
"Time is the ultimate non-renewable resource - use it intentionally."
Christopher Peterson
C
"Every moment is a chance to choose differently and to become more of who you wish to be."
Christopher Peterson
R
"Time is our most precious resource because unlike money, you cannot earn more of it."
Roy Baumeister
R
"The ability to focus is becoming increasingly rare and increasingly valuable."
Roy Baumeister
R
"The way you spend your time reveals your true values and priorities."
Roy Baumeister
B
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Barbara Fredrickson
B
"Time is the currency of life—spend it wisely."
Barbara Fredrickson