Quotes About Time

We put expensive new carpet in my home in 2003 and I still call it new carpet today. Chew on that one for a minute.

You use the word "Infinity" very glibly.... Have you ever been there? Time and space are extensions of the mind, the will. Which means that infinity is a purely local phenomenon. You can turn over a stone and find it crawling there. Or you can make it yourself out of whatever materials are at hand.

Nothing is immune to Time. Not even eternity.

Time is neither friend nor enemy it's just a measurement.

Think that it's fun, that you're guided, and that all is well. Think that there's time, that life is easy, and that the best is yet to come. Think that the reasons that elude you will one day catch up, that the lessons that have stumped you will one day bring joy, and that the sorrows that have crippled you will soon give you wings. Think that you're important, that you cannot fail, and that happiness always returns. And think that you're beautiful.

Sometimes, when things take longer than you thought they would, it's just a gentle reminder from your greater self that you have more time than you thought, and that there's a journey to enjoy.

Fast takes longer when you hurry. Keep calm and saunter on.

The next time life tosses you a multiples choice test, Meaghan, remember… 1) The more time you give it, the more choices you'll have. 2) There'll always be more than one right answer. And, 3) Waiting for divine intervention is almost never a good idea. Poised for greatness, The Universe

Thinking the loss of a loved one was unfortunate, ill timed, sad, or an accident is to miss the gift.

You see, whenever something unexpected or unthought of falls onto our path, it's always a stepping stone in a journey to a "place" that we have been thinking about, because in time and space, as you well know, there are no accidents

Eternity promises too much to spend one more moment looking back with regret than is necessary.

This is God's trajectory within time and space: eternal expansion.

wouldn't a loving gather, I reasoned, have more compassion than to seek revenge on His comparatively feeble children who are temporarily blinded by the illusions of time and space?

The obsession with instant gratification blinds us from our long-term potential

You, the formless and eternal, now temporarily possess a physical body, chemically and organically borrowed from the substances of earth, to channel your nonphysical energy and personality as you negotiate space, travel through time, and experience what has become known as life. Voilà!

I thought for so long that time was like a line, that our moments were laid out like dominoes, and that they fell, one into another and on it went, just days tipping, one into the next, in a long line between the beginning...and the end. But I was wrong. It's not like that at all. Our moments fall around us like rain. Or snow. Or confetti. (Nell Crain, The Haunting of Hill House)

You shouldn't be thinking of losing each-other at all. Don't let that loom over your happiness right now. Enjoy that easy silence with him. It is rare what you've got. But, when the time does come... it will be hard every day and it won't get easier. But... eventually, after some time, you'll find little moments, little pieces of life that remind you of him... and you'll hold them tight. It'll be like he's here with you, even though he's gone.

But it's like anything, the more time you give it, the better it gets.

I used to think I had all the time in the world to do everything I wanted. But what's the use of having all the time in the world if you're always wasting it on things that don't mean a thing?

Sooner or later change kills everything, mate,' I say. 'It's the way of the world.

Because that's the thing about grief no one ever tells you: it's greedy. You don't notice at first because you're still in shock, and there's so much to do, from obtaining death certificates to canceling utility contracts, but hour by hour, day by day, it eats up every last scrap of energy you have, leaving you spent and empty.

It's these small moments that make life worth living. The moments you take for granted. The ones you think will always be in plentiful supply. But if this past year has shown me anything, it's the need to cherish each and every moment, whether good or bad, whether joyful or painful, as the precious fleeting gifts that they are.

All I have is right now. I have all that I want, and no one can promise me I'll have it forever no matter what I do, so I'm going to live it, love it, treasure it, for every second I can, and whatever comes next I'm prepared for it.

I try to treat each evening and weekend as little slices of retirement because no one is guaranteed a lengthy one at the end of their career.