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Quotes About Time

Time, the subtle thief of youth
~ John Milton
From mornTo noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,A summer's day; and with the setting sunDropp'd from the zenith like a falling star.
~ John Milton
A mind not to be chang'd by place or time.The mind is its own place, and in itselfCan make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n.
~ John Milton
Live while ye may,Yet happy pair.
~ John Milton
Liquid lapse of murmuring streams.
~ John Milton
Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once moreYe myrtles brown, with ivy never sere,I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude,And with forc'd fingers rudeShatter your leaves before the mellowing year.
~ John Milton
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year.
~ John Milton
The never-ending flightOf future days.
~ John Milton
Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.
~ John Milton
Morn,Wak'd by the circling hours, with rosy handUnbarr'd the gates of light.
~ John Milton
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year
~ John Milton
A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n.
~ John Milton
If you give me enough years and a wise wife, I can eventually start piecing things together. And it helps if that wife pieces them together for me and simply tells me.
~ John Moe
I have an affliction It's an addiction To computer solitaire I can't resist The icon's invitation There's simply no fix Black five on red six It's become My reward a Take-a-break kinda thing Black queen on red king I've spent so many many Hours of just Wasted time Red eight on black nine No way can I stay away Resistance's no use Just can't find a home for
~ John Moran
Marriage is like pleading guilty to an indefinite sentence. Without parole.
~ John Mortimer
There is always time for failure.
~ John Mortimer
One can make a day of any size.
~ John Muir
This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.
~ John Muir
Nonprofit organizations exist to help people help others — through giving money, time, effort, or material goods.
~ John Mutz
True trust always involves an element of waiting. It means believing in results that we cannot see. A determination to have the results I want now is a major sign of an inability to trust.
~ John N. Oswalt
That which begins will also end.
~ John O'Brien
If he drinks one hundred dollars a day--and he can--he's got one hundred days to drink. It's just an arithmetic operation, simple logic.
~ John O'Brien
Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become.
~ John O'Donohue
God help us all but he was right. It was time for him to die. There was nothing for him to do today, there was nothing for him to do today.… There, that was settled. Now let the whole thing begin again.
~ John O'Hara