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Quotes About Time

Examine then, and see if He be not the dispenser of kingdoms, who is Lord at once of the world which is ruled, and of man himself who rules; if He have not ordained the changes of dynasties, with their appointed seasons, who was before all time, and made the world a body of times; if the rise and the fall of states are not the work of Him, under whose sovereignty the human race once existed without states at all.
~ Tertullian
I must wait, bide my time. There will be an opportunity. I need only keep my eyes open. Back
~ Tess Uriza Holthe
I had many dreams, too. But I became bitter, and by the time I realized it, I had almost wished my whole life away.
~ Tess Uriza Holthe
The past is closed up inside its own depressing little museum of faded styles and codes and anticipations; you can't re-enter it
~ Tessa Hadley
This is what had always happened to women when they had too much time to think: they made themselves conduits to all the passions in the universe, they dreamed open all the possibilities that sane hard-working people kept shut away.
~ Tessa Hadley
Sometimes these days I almost think I can do without the present. The past is enough for me, it's enough for my life. Does that sound insane?
~ Tessa Hadley
we're wedged tight into the accident of our moment in history.
~ Tessa Hadley
There are some things that don't change much. I find the smell of a dish, or the way a certain spice is crushed, or just a quick look at the way something has been put on a plate, can pull me back to another place and time. I love those memories that seem so far away, yet you can hold them and carry them with you, even forget them, and then, with a single taste or hint or a smell, be chaperoned back to a beautiful moment.
~ Tessa Kiros
Some waddies take a little time to work it up and spit it out. Give it to 'em. Life ain't so short that you can't take
~ Texas Bix Bender
The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved.
~ Theophile Gautier
Pleasure has turned into habit much more quickly than I should have ever thought possible.
~ Theophile Gautier
That beautiful day passed just as the saddest ones do, since the most radiant of days has a tomorrow.
~ Thérèse de Lisieux
Time is your boat not your home.
~ Thérèse de Lisieux
I must walk right up to my last moment.
~ Thérèse de Lisieux
Time is thy barque, and not thy dwelling-place.
~ Thérèse de Lisieux
Does not the Wise Man tell us—"Life is like a ship that passeth through the waves: when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found"?
~ Thérèse de Lisieux
THE LIFE OF A WARRIOR IS A STRATEGY IN SELF-DISCIPLINE. EVERY ACTION, THOUGHT AND FEELING HAS TO BE CAREFULLY ASSESSED AS TO ITS VALUE. WARRIORS CANNOT WASTE THEIR TIME AND PERSONAL POWER ON ISSUES WHICH ARE OF NO CONSEQUENCE TO THEIR DESTINY.
~ Théun Mares
Opportunities are like shooting stars if you wait too long you miss them"
~ Thabiso Monkoe
Remember, too, that the trees for the wood that was used to build this piano were most likely planted in the late sixteenth century.
~ Thad Carhart
The past is certain, the future obscure.
~ Thales
Your time, energy and resources will get used no matter how well you focus them. By choosing to focus properly, you get the highest return for the efforts you invest in your life. Most people spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. Productivity is not just about getting things done, it's about getting the right things done.
~ The Angel Affect
Life is very short, and there's no time For fussing and fighting, my friend
~ The Beatles
Dang that's crazy in exactly 136 school days we will be graduated.
~ The Blonde Jon
Don't spend more than 5 minutes worrying about something that won't matter in five years.
~ The Blonde Jon