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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"There is a part of all of us that longs to know ourselves in time."John Steinbeck
"Life is a series of days, and the moment is the only thing that matters."John Steinbeck
"The greatest gift you can give someone is your time."John Steinbeck
"You cannot make anything of value happen overnight."Pearl S. Buck
"Any preoccupation with ideas of what is to come only adds to the waste of energy."Pearl S. Buck
"One faces the future with one's past."Pearl S. Buck
"The simple truth is that in this world, time matters more than anything."Pearl S. Buck
"Time is not simply a measure of duration but a dimension of existence we inhabit."Ralph Ellison
"Time is not a line; it is a circle, and everything returns."Toni Morrison
"The future is always uncertain, which is precisely why we must be vigilant about the present."Toni Morrison
"Time moves quickly when you're living a full life, so don't waste a single moment."Langston Hughes
"Time is a tool of oppression when used to enforce patience on the impatient."Richard Wright
"There are years that ask questions and years that answer."Zora Neale Hurston
"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does."Zora Neale Hurston
"There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment, the now."James Baldwin
"One moment can change a lifetime; a lifetime is composed of moments."James Baldwin
"The future is like heaven—everyone exalts it but no one wants to go there now."James Baldwin
"One faces the future with one's past."Pearl S. Buck
"Legacy is what we leave behind."Pearl S. Buck
"Time is the most precious gift we have."Pearl S. Buck
"Time is the only true currency we possess."John Steinbeck
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."William Faulkner
"The greatest gift is the gift of time."William Faulkner
"Daddy, I want to turn the clock back to yesterday."Langston Hughes
"Youth is wasted on the young."Ernest Hemingway
"There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid for their acquiring."Ernest Hemingway
"Nobody that ever lived has ever had a worse time than today if he is alive now."Ernest Hemingway
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The only way to win against the clock is not to race against it."F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The past cannot be changed."F. Scott Fitzgerald