Time Quotes
Punctuality is the thief of time.Oscar Wilde
Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.Thomas Carlyle
If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectfy manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man.John Milton
I give myself, sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.Mary Montagu
To read a book for the first time is to make the acquaintance of a new friend to read it a second time is to meet an old one.Selwyn Champion
When you read history it is quite astonishing to discover that there never was a day when men thought times were really good. Every generation in history has been haunted by the feeling of crisis.Harold Walke
If every age has its own characteristic doctrine, there are a thousand signs which point to Fascism as the characteristic doctrine of our time.Benito Mussolini, The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism, 1935
For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time hatred ceases by love - This is an old rule.The Dhammapada
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.Samuel Johnson, Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign.Victor Hugo
To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.David Viscott
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started - - And know the place for the first time.T. S Eliot
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.George Orwell
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.Arthur Schopenhaue
It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.Jimmy Buffet, Tales Form Margaritaville
In a time of universal deceit - Telling the truth is a revolutionary act.George Orwell
I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals...G. K. Chesterton
Continuous unremitting darkness has been known to send some people into an emotional tailspin, so the management here at KBHR radio suggests locking away the firearms. The desire to stick that 45 between the teeth can get pretty strong at times, so why invite temptation.Andrew Schneide
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.Ansel Adams
If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away.Victor Hugo
The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.Jean - Jacques Rousseau
People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.J. Michael Straczynski
To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.Seneca
One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.John Wanamake
Truth stands the test of time; lies are soon exposed.Proverbs 12: 19, The Bible
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.Marie Curie
An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.John H. Patterson
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self - Same well from which your laughter rises was often - Times filled with your tears.Rene Descartes
I go into ecstasies every time I see the naked figure of a woman, such as Venus, for example. It strikes me as so wonderful and exquisite that I have difficulty in stopping the tears rolling down my cheeks.Anne Frank, from The Diary of a Young Girl, January 5, 1944
For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help the other to his side, but neither quite able to desert the loyalties of his contemporaries. The relationship is always changing and hence always fragile nothing endures except the sense of difference.Alan Valentine
The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.Heinrich Heine
Share your M&Ms. There are bags and bags of them all over the place. If you give them one of yours, even one of the green ones, you will not be lacking. Honust Injun. Now apply this to Time, Concern, Touch, Interest and Being Vulnerable.Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 02 - 14 - 03
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.Mignon McLaughlin
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.Steven Wright
Memory is not so brilliant as hope, but it is more beautiful, and a thousand times as true.George Dennison Prentice
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return the better to thinking.Phaedrus
