Quotes About Time

Time, the Stormfather said. Which, though dross to him, is the most valuable thing a man can have.

I could have traveled quickly. But all men have the same ultimate destination.

If we slow down, Jasnah said, the past catches up to us. History is like that, always gobbling up the present.

No podemos dar por sentado que solo porque algo sea antiguo vaya a ser cierto.

A surgeon needs to be calm. Worry just wastes time. It

Thirty-four years old. That seemed ancient in some regards

as soon as you feel you're getting a handle on things, the day is done, the night falls, and the light goes out.

You could not stop times from changing, his mother said, no more than you could stop the surf from rolling.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. Saze

He'd had a year to think about what to say. And if he failed, he'd have an eternity to think about what he'd done wrong.

If you can't arrive early, at least arrive before you're late.'

I kind of lost track of time...." "For two hours?" Elend nodded sheepishly. "There were books involved.

The foolishness of men who care, Dalinar," Wit said. "And the brilliance of those who do not. The second depend on the first—but also exploit the first—while the first misunderstand the second, hoping that the second are more like the first. And all of their games steal our time. Second by second.

The pain of loss was still there. It never went away. It just got buried in time, like a rock slowly being covered over by dirt.

Time moves like a mountain. It comes so slowly that most don't even notice its passing. It will, however, crush thise who don't move before it.

Envejecer era en realidad sufrir la traición definitiva, la del propio cuerpo contra uno mismo.

Cleverness never seems quite so impressive when regarded outside the moment

Legends say that one of your ancestors —one of only two others to have this Talent—broke time and space together, forming a little bubble where nothing aged.

Elend: I kind of lost track of time… Breeze: For two hours? Elend: There were books involved.

In seven days, God created the world. And in seven seconds, I shattered mine.

I feel my fear moving away in rings through time for a million years.

Daylight fires the ridges green, shifts the colors of the fog, touches the brick streets of Rock Camp with a reddish tone. The streetlights flicker out, and the traffic signal at the far end of Front Street's yoke snaps on; stopping nothing, warning nothing, rushing nothing on. --from The Honored Dead

Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement. Trust isn't a grand gesture—it's a growing marble collection.

Leaders must either invest a reasonable amount of time attending to fears and feelings, or squander an unreasonable amount of time trying to manage ineffective and unproductive behavior.