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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"Time is a river that flows whether we swim or stand still."Aphra Behn
"Time waits for no one, so we must make haste wisely."Aphra Behn
"The proper function of a man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to extend them. I shall use my time."Samuel Johnson
"No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is still engaged in the struggles of spring."Samuel Johnson
"Youth is too precious a gift to spend it in learning what may be learned in middle age or in age."Samuel Johnson
"How strange it is to wish to accomplish so much in so little time."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Time heals nothing; it merely distances us from our pain."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"The passage of years changes our perspective but not our core."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Eternity is in love with the productions of time."William Blake
"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy."William Blake
"I see the Past, Present, & Future existing all at once."William Blake
"What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow. What are light? Air and fleeting hour."Christina Rossetti
"Time does not change us. It just unfolds us."Christina Rossetti
"Time is a river that carries us all to the same destination."Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Time is both the greatest teacher and the most merciless judge."Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Time softens all things, even the hardest hearts."Aphra Behn
"Time reveals what flattery conceals."Eliza Haywood
"Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old."Jonathan Swift
"Time is a great legalizer, even in the court of history."Jonathan Swift
"Time is the supreme judge of all human creations."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Time erases all wounds except those of the spirit."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Time is the judge of all human actions and intentions."Eliza Haywood
"Time is a river that carries us all to the same shore."Christina Rossetti
"The river of time flows the same for all, yet affects each differently."Christina Rossetti
"Every man naturally desires to live long; but no man would be glad to be old."Samuel Johnson
"Time is the greatest of all things, for it brings all to light."Aphra Behn
"Time heals what reason cannot mend."Aphra Behn
"The Hours which move upon the steeds of Light are crown'd with the eternal Glory."William Blake
"If you trap the moment before it's ripe, the juice runs out and leaves only the rind."William Blake
"I see the Past, Present, and Future existing all at once Before me."William Blake