Quotes About Time

Perdí años hasta llegar a entender que la vida no se vive en borrador y después se pasa, prolija y sin faltas de ortografía, al cuaderno de clase.

You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.

Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to- to live.

This world in which we live needs beauty in order not to sink into despair. It is beauty, like truth, which brings joy to the heart of man and is that precious fruit which resists the year and tear of time, which unites generations and makes them share things in admiration.

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.

An old man in love is like a flower in winter.

He aprendido mucho en dos mil años, pero nada sobre ningún Dios, excepto que surgen, cambian, envejecen y mueren. Si hay algo más allá del universo, dudo que se interese por nosotros.

Sí, hijo mío —rió con fatiga—. He conocido el cambio. He sentido que el tiempo corría como un río caudaloso, arrastrando en su torrente esperanzas naufragadas.

We chatter thus, while miracles go on. Perhaps the saints can pass eternity enrapt in solemn bliss; but we are mortal.

You cannot go back into the past and change what has happened, no matter what you do. But your actions can be a part of what did happen.

Two lives met across death and centuries. To ask what it meant is meaningless. There is no destiny. But sometimes there is bravery

They talked business for half an hour. (Centuries passed beyond the hull.)

Dan dengan tidak terasa umur manusia pun lenyap sedetik demi sedetik ditelan siang dan malam. Tapi masalah-masalah manusia tetap muda seperti waktu, Di mana pun juga dia menyerbu ke dalam kepala dan dada manusia, kadang-kadang ia pergi lagi dan di tinggalkannya kepala dan dada itu kosong seperti langit. (Bukan Pasar Malam, 68)

Kan baik belum tentu benar juga belum tentu tepat. Malah bisa salah pada waktu dan tempat yang tidak cocok.

Wanita lebih suka mengabdi pada kekinian dan gentar pada ketuaan; mereka dicengkam oleh impian tentang kemudaan yang rapuh itu dan hendak bergayutan abadi pada kemudaan impian itu. Umur sungguh aniaya bagi wanita.

Ya, alangkah indah masa kecil yang lalu. Dan kini aku menembangkan keindahan dalam kenang-kenangan.

Orang tak bisa berhati-hati setiap saat buat seumur hidupnya.

Hidup ini Anakku, hidup ini tak ada harganya sama sekali. Tunggulah saatnya, dan kelak engkau akan berpikir, bahwa sia-sia saja Tuhan menciptakan manusia di dunia ini.

Keindahannya ada dalam kenang-kenangan.

Dan rangsang hidup itu ogah dibius padam begitu saja: lihatlah, bukan saja kerjamu belum selesai, yang selesai pun terlalu banyak cacat dan cela. Imajinasi saja tidak cukup. Kau harus tinggal hidup, paling tidak tiga puluh tahun lagi. Sertai dan saksikan akhir dari semua ini!

Any person can be a perfectionist but he may need to give proper time to attain mastery and during this time, he needs to carry utmost patience and composure. Because results are not just a click away, you need to put best of your efforts even if you fail and once you get fail, you need to start it all again, which needs a lot of strength and patience. Thus, patience would make you prepared for the upcoming outcomes. Make patience your asset, success would eventually become your treasure.

Qu'elles soient fabriquées ou réelles, les questions du présent ne doivent jamais nous faire oublier les silences du passé.

After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God, at the end of its calculations will find written on a sheet of paper in letters of fire that energy is equal to the mass multiplied by the square of the velocity of light. The new kings of the world will live tranquilly for a long time, confining themselves to devouring each other and being parasites among each other on a cottage industry scale.

there's a time for everything in your life. God alone knows what that is. And because His Spirit dwells within you, and because He is deeply interested in helping you experience the fullness of His plans for your life, you can just stay tuned and know that He'll make it clear to you right on time, even as He keeps you loved and encouraged by His presence all along the way.