Quotes About Time

There is a time for all things; a time to preach and a time to pray, but those times have passed away; there is a time to fight, and that time has come!

God delays, but doesn't forget.

I know not whether laws be right, Or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol Is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, A year whose days are long.

Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone on too long.

Once a man would spend a week patiently waiting if he missed a stage coach, but now he rages if he misses the first section of a revolving door.

There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, and all things in succession. That which grows slowly endures.

Every year it takes less time to fly across the Atlantic, and more time to drive to the office.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

His shortcoming is his long staying.

God made me on a morning when he had nothing else to do.

As old as the itch.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

No, Doctor, I don't want to grow young again. I just want to keep on growing old.

If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting.

Since luck's a nine days' wonder, wait their end.

Fortune is with you for an hour, and against you for ten!

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.

One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the essence of life.

Hindsight is always zo/20.

Most people believe that the Christian commandments are intentionally a little too severe - like setting a clock half an hour ahead to make sure of not being late in the morning.

Our boss has been so successful he deserves to retire, so that he can spend more time . . . with his servants.

Two weeks is about the ideal length of time to retire.

The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.