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."
Marie Antoinette
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"I am interested in the future because I have to spend the rest of my life there."
Napoleon Bonaparte
B
"The greatest art consists in being truly sensible of the value of every moment."
Benjamin Disraeli
B
"Every minute lost is a minute of life that can never be recovered."
Benjamin Disraeli
"The time is always ripe to do right."
John Stuart Mill
"The past cannot be changed, only learned from."
Wilhelm II
"Time is the judge that neither kings nor paupers can bribe."
Wilhelm II
"The inexorable march of time humbles all who forget its power."
Wilhelm II
C
"Time moves swiftly, but the ideas we plant today grow into tomorrow's freedom."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"Time is our most precious resource; waste it not on trivial pursuits."
Camille Desmoulins
J
"Time is the measure of all things."
Jean-Paul Marat
J
"Time is the servant of those who act."
Jean-Paul Marat
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"I have learned that time reveals what deception conceals."
Louis XVI
"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time."
Georges Danton
"Time is the judge of all things."
Georges Danton
"The present is the key to the future."
Georges Danton
"I have discovered that time is both our greatest blessing and cruelest master."
Marie Antoinette
R
"Time is the measure of all things."
Robespierre
O
"The memory of the great vanishes, because we have the liberty to forget."
Otto von Bismarck
"In revolution as in love, timing is everything."
Georges Danton
L
"One must respect the customs of the past while preparing for the future."
Louis XVI
L
"I have found that grief, like joy, passes with time's gentle hand."
Louis XVI
L
"I understand that time is the greatest teacher of all."
Louis XVI
"Time teaches lessons that no teacher can articulate."
Marie Antoinette
"The most precious moments are often those we fail to notice."
Marie Antoinette
R
"Time is the judge of all revolutions."
Robespierre
R
"The price of complacency is always paid by the future."
Robespierre
C
"The time for half-measures has passed; the moment demands total commitment."
Camille Desmoulins
O
"One day the crash will come but not just yet."
Otto von Bismarck
O
"The best time to do something was yesterday; the second best is now."
Otto von Bismarck