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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"Delay is the deadliest form of denial."Voltaire
"Our life is a succession of moments: we are in each moment, if we think so, in a whole eternity."Voltaire
"Time is the only true measure of human achievement"Pierre Corneille
"Time is the fire in which we burn."Jean Racine
"The heart's calendar differs from the mind's."Jean Racine
"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."Charles Baudelaire
"I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old."Charles Baudelaire
"The present moment is merely the grave of the past."Stéphane Mallarmé
"Time does not pass; we pass through time."Stéphane Mallarmé
"Every moment contains the eternal within it."Stéphane Mallarmé
"The present is always a disappointment compared to its infinite possibility."Stéphane Mallarmé
"Time is the canvas upon which we paint the masterpiece of our lives."Paul Verlaine
"Time is the currency of life; spend it wisely."Molière
"Every moment contains the seed of what will become."Arthur Rimbaud
"Time moves differently for those who are truly alive."Arthur Rimbaud
"The present moment is the only eternity we possess."Arthur Rimbaud
"Time is the substance I am made of."Gérard de Nerval
"Time is the wisest counselor of all."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"Time passes whether we are ready or not."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"There are things one sees only in youth"Théophile Gautier
"Time is a river of passing events"Théophile Gautier
"Time passes, people are born and die, and all that remains of a man are his deeds."Guy de Maupassant
"The only way to truly live is to embrace the present moment."Guy de Maupassant
"Time heals all wounds, but it also wounds all heels."Guy de Maupassant
"Time is the fire in which we burn."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Lost time is never found again."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"The obsession with novelty is the disease of our age."Charles Baudelaire
"The future is a projection of our past disappointments."Charles Baudelaire
"Time is the ultimate judge of all human endeavors."Charles Baudelaire
"In the garden of memory, I plant seeds of regret."Paul Verlaine