Quotes About Time

I am the presence standing here at this juncture of Time & Space—who else? & that night in my sand-colored 1987 Ford van with the American flag decal covering the rear window cruising Cedar Street, Dale Springs & parked in shadow & with my binoculars trained to the mostly shaded or darkened windows I thought, If this is where I am this is who I am. & so it was.

It is that time he cannot realize—he is still alive. He is laughing and his face is bright-glaring with happiness because he is alive and cannot imagine any time when he will be not-alive for (it is said) no animal can comprehend its own death.

It was a time of sin. It was not a time of innocence. It was a time of physical disgust. For I remember well.

Near the point of impact, time accelerates to the speed of light.

A mí me resultaba fascinante oír a mi hermano mayor hablando a nuestro padre como un niño, como yo, que tenía diez años. Se me ocurrió una cosa: «¿Nunca nos hacemos mayores?». Por alguna extraña razón, eso me consolaba.

Everything that you think is solid is actually fleeting and ephemeral.

docena de relojes para indicar que el Tiempo es una broma, no existe. Sin embargo, es necesario creer.

Antes de que comenzara la vida del hogar. Ahora solo se oía el viento y el tictac de una docena de relojes para indicar que el Tiempo es una broma, no existe. Sin embargo, es necesario creer.

At the LaPortes' she'd bathed twice. The first time at about 4:30 AM, which she couldn't remember very clearly and the second time at 9:30 A.M. and Trisha had still been asleep in her bed or pretending to be asleep. The gentle tick-ticking of a bedside clock. Hours of that clock, hours unmoving beneath the covers of a bed not her own in a house not her own.

I could see how, the more time you spent in the man's presence, the less silly he seemed. There is a kind of erosion, a wearing away, in one's perception of foolishness, if the object of derision gives no sign that he acknowledges it.

Ten years from now, her mother might not even recognize her. Already she was different, but the day would come when she'd be this person her mother had never seen. There would be other people - someone like Carolyn or Alan, or even Violet - who had known her longer than her mother ever did.

There are no drive-thru breakthroughs. Breakthroughs take time.

We only have one life to give, and we should be careful who and what we give it to.

You will invest in something as you live your life, so make sure it is something that will pay dividends you will enjoy.

Great relationships are one of the most precious treasures in life, but we must feed them regularly by putting time into them. If you find you have no time to develop and maintain strong, intimate relationships with God, with yourself, and with your family and friends, then you are absolutely too busy.

Worry does no good and can impact your life in negative ways. I'm sure you have noticed how absolutely powerless you feel when you worry or you're anxious and troubled, because worry is indeed completely useless. It is a waste of time and energy because it never changes your circumstances.

Take some bold steps of faith and change anything the Lord leads you to change. If what you are doing with your time is not bearing good fruit, make a change. If you are not getting enough rest, make a change. If you are not disciplining your children and their behavior is causing you a lot of stress, make a change. If you are bored, make a change. If your friends are taking advantage of you, make a change! Stress can be relieved if you're not afraid to make changes.

The present moment is the greatest gift we have from God, but if we are not present we miss it.

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you"? William Arthur Ward6

My times are in Your hands… PSALM 31:15

We need time to become rooted and grounded in Christ as we are instructed to do.

La postergación es un ladrón. Roba nuestro tiempo, nuestro potencial, nuestra autoestima, nuestra paz mental.

But have you learned yet that tomorrow's answers usually don't come until tomorrow gets here?

La mente es el campo de batalla. Es de vital necesidad que nuestros pensamientos concuerden con los de Dios. Es un proceso que tomará tiempo y estudio.