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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"We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to sanctify the future."
Stendhal
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"Memory is a great artist. For every man and every woman it makes the faces of the past more beautiful than they were."
George Sand
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"Every hour has its duties."
Frances Burney
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"Every moment has its value."
Frances Burney
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"Time is the greatest teacher, yet the harshest judge."
Henry Fielding
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"Time spent with loved ones is never wasted."
Henry Fielding
"Time wasted is existence, but time used is life."
Daniel Defoe
"Memory is a companion that never abandons us."
Daniel Defoe
"Every moment lost is a moment gained by death."
Daniel Defoe
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"Time is the nurse and breeder of all good things."
Laurence Sterne
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"Time teaches what reason cannot."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Time is the greatest teacher for those patient enough to learn."
Ann Radcliffe
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"The only reality is the present moment, all else is memory or anticipation."
Stendhal
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"Time is the great teacher; would that we were better scholars."
Frances Burney
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"The present moment is the only time we truly possess."
Frances Burney
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"Time, the devourer of all things, cannot devour reputation."
Henry Fielding
"The greatest plague of life is that it passes so quickly."
Daniel Defoe
"Time is the measure of all things."
Daniel Defoe
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"Every man desires to live long; but no man would be old."
Jonathan Swift
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"Time is money."
Jonathan Swift
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"A man cannot taste the fruits of autumn whilst he is delighting his sense in the flowers of spring."
Laurence Sterne
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"A man's whole life is expressed within the compass of a few minutes."
Laurence Sterne
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"Time is the substance I am made of; life is a movement of that substance."
Laurence Sterne
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"The passage of time is both healer and revealer of truth."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Time is the canvas upon which we paint the masterpiece of our lives."
Ann Radcliffe
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"No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his taste in the spring."
Samuel Johnson
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"The present is our own."
Samuel Johnson
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"Time is the great healer, though we feel it works too slowly."
Frances Burney
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"No one can truly be called great who does not understand the value of time."
Henry Fielding
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"Time is the currency we squander most recklessly in life."
Henry Fielding