Quotes About Time

Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

They say, "There is nothing but our present life; we die, and we live, and nothing but Time destroys us." Of that they have no knowledge; they merely conjecture.

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog cryin' all the time.Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine.

When I get older losing my hairMany years from nowWill you still be sending me a ValentineBirthday greetings, bottle of wine.If I'd been out till quarter to threeWould you lock the door,Will you still need me, will you still feed meWhen I'm sixty-four.

We spend our years as a tale that is told.

What is past I know, but what is for to come I know not.

Time is a river without banks.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

The oaks and the pines, and their brethren of the wood, have seen so many suns rise and set, so many seasons come and go, and so many generations pass into silence, that we may well wonder what "the story of the trees" would be to us if they had tongues to tell it, or we ears fine enough to understand.

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

In bringing up children, spend on them half as much money and twice as much time.

Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, and somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends.

If the shelves are dusty and the pots don't shine, it's because I have better things to do with my time.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.

I admire the man who exclaimed, "I have lost a day!" because he had neglected to do any good in the course of it....

Love me little, love me long,Is the burden of my song.

I do my work at the same time each day — the last minute.

If you don't have time to do it right you must have time to do it over.

Forever: Time it takes to brew the first pot of coffee in the morning.

Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

Who says nothing is impossible. I've been doing nothing for years.

Thou shalt see the mountains that thou supposest fixed, passing by like clouds.

Our time is a very shadow that passeth away.