Quotes About Time

But every age deserves its fashion and its forms, and no one can control what survives.

I think because I became a mom later in life, everything in life means more.

Snaaks, het sy dikwels daarna gedink, hoe 'n mens sulke lewensveranderende besluite sommer so op die ingewing van die oomblik kan neem. Grinnikend oor 'n glas wyn. Want jy weet nie wat die werklik belangrike besluite in jou lewe is terwyl jy hulle neem nie. Eers later, wanneer jy terugkyk, besef jy dat alles anders sou uitgewerk het as jy dáár anders besluit het. Of dalk nie.

When You Are Old' by W. B. Yeats, which appeared in 1892.

When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face—' Her hand touched his, stopping him.

Yesterday was always leaving and there was always tomorrow, waiting at the door.

I have been so busy asking for faith that I forgot to ask for patience.

Sometimes remembering means to live a moment in the past again, and in that way survive the present.

The moon rose in the east and that was moon-rise. Six hours later it hung at its zenith between east and west, and that was south-moon-over. It set in the west and that was moon-down. Then it passed from sight and swung under the earth, between west and east. And when it was directly under the earth, that was south-moon-under.

There are some years in our lives that we would not want to live again. But even these years will pass away, and the lessons learned will be a future blessing.

was time to think. I made some pancakes. I gave Sludge a bone. We ate and thought. I knew that my mother had not made Monster Cookies for a week. Today she'd discovered that the recipe was gone. So the recipe might have been missing for a week or less than a week.

It was a brave old world.

The future is the history of tomorrow.

Never underestimate the power of one well-timed compliment. It has the power to change a person's entire perspective on life. It has the potential to change a person's plotline for eternity. The right word at the right time can be the catalyst for someone else's miracle.

God can deliver you in one day, but it may take years to break old habits or build new habits.

Too often we pray ASAP prayers — as soon as possible. We need to start praying ALAT prayers — as long as it takes.

Our lives are not just measured in minutes. They are measured in moments—moments when the minutes stand still.

If we don't control our calendar, our calendar will end up controlling us.

God, how long is a million years to you?" God said, "A million years is like a second." Then the man asked, "How much is a million dollars to you?" God said, "A million dollars is like a penny." The man smiled and said, "Could you spare a penny?" God smiled back and said, "Sure, just wait a second.

We all want to spend eternity with God. We just don't want to spend time with Him.

we tend to overestimate what we can accomplish in a year.

Most of us overestimate what we can accomplish in two years, but we underestimate what we can accomplish in ten years.

La oración consiste en pedirle a Dios que haga algo, tiempo futuro; la alabanza consiste en creer que Dios ya lo ha hecho, tiempo pasado.

Tiene algo de diferente la oración? Es un hábito que se debe cultivar. Una disciplina que hay que desarrollar. Una habilidad que hace falta practicar. Y aunque no quiero reducir la oración fervorosa a llevar la cuenta del tiempo que se pasa en ella, si quieres llegar a ser un experto en ella, es posible que te lleve diez mil horas. Una cosa sí sé con toda seguridad: mientras más grande es el sueño, más ardientemente tendrás que orar.