Time Quotes

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

20900 quotes

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"The moment is now."
Henry James
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"The past cannot be changed, only understood."
François Mauriac
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"Time is the most precious commodity we possess."
François Mauriac
"There is no time like the present."
Mark Twain
"The future is just the past entered through another gate."
Mark Twain
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"Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Time is a reef upon which all the vessels of our life must wreck."
Herman Melville
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"We go forward in time, and then must we not think we can rewrite our past."
Anatole France
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"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils."
Anatole France
"Time is the only currency that truly matters, and we waste it carelessly."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"The past has a way of catching up with us, no matter how far we flee."
François Mauriac
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"Time is the medium in which we discover who we are."
François Mauriac
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"Forever is composed of nows."
Emily Dickinson
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"One day is nearer to the end than yesterday was."
Emily Dickinson
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"Precious Moments clothe themselves in Hours and Days."
Emily Dickinson
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"Memory is the strongest thing we have in our arsenal."
Henry James
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"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is."
Henry James
"A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when it at last comes."
Mark Twain
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"Time is the great teacher, though few live long enough to master the lesson."
Herman Melville
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"What is the shadow of the future but yesterday?"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Time flies on the wings of its own momentum."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Time is the only real enemy of mankind."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Time devours everything we build and cherish."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Time is the greatest teacher."
Romain Rolland
"Use time wisely."
Romain Rolland
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"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."
Anatole France
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"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things."
Anatole France
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"Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it."
Anatole France
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"Time reveals what we tried to hide from ourselves."
François Mauriac
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"Time does not heal all wounds; it merely teaches us to live with them."
François Mauriac