Source Unknown Time Quotations

Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.

Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion.

When I look at you, the wheels of time stand still vs. Your face could stop a clock

Perpetual worry will get you to one place ahead of time -- the cemetery.

Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too.

When he took time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself.

Last week is the time you should have either bought or sold, depending on what you didn't do.

Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves -- that's the truth. We have two or three great moving experiences in our lives -- experiences so great and moving that it doesn't seem at the time that anyone else has been so caught up and pounded and dazzled and astonished and beaten and broken and rescued and illuminated and rewarded and humbled in just that way ever before.

Time is nature's way of making sure that everything doesn't happen at once.

Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time wasted in disapproving of others.

Time cuts down all, both great and small.

Allah is in Himself the non-being and the being, the inexistent and the existent. He is at the same time that which we designate by absolute non-being and by absolute being; or by relative non-being and relative being. . . . All these designation come back to God alone, for there is nothing which we can perceive, know, write or say which is not Him.

The absolutely Non-Manifested cannot be designated by any expression which could limit It, Separate It, or include It. In spite of this, every allusion alludes only to Him, every designation designates Him, and He is at the same time the Non-Manifested and the Manifested.

Time spent in getting even would be better spent in getting ahead.

You love what you find time to do.

We gather strength from sadness and from pain Each time we die we learn to live again.

What comes first, the compass or the clock? Before one can truly manage time (the clock), it is important to know where you are going, what your priorities and goals are, in which direction you are headed (the compass). Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.

Use a gyroscope to demonstrate how, over time, we become fixed in our ways, personalities, and, as a mature person, psychologically resistant to change. With EFFORT, however, we can make changes. We are not today exactly what we were yesterday. We are almost imperceptibly different. We do change with time and we can control to an extent the direction of the changes.

Every minute starts an hour and every minute is a new opportunity. Each time the clock ticks you have a chance to start over, to say, do, think, or feel something in such a way that you and the world are better for it.

Every day's a perfect gift of time for us to use. Hours waiting to be filled in any way we choose. Each morning brings a quiet hope that rises with the sun. Each evening brings the sweet content that comes with work well done.

Every year it takes less time to fly across the Atlantic and more time to drive to the office.

SELF-ESTEEM controls PERFORMANCE/REALITY which stimulate SELF-TALK which reinforces SELF-ESTEEM. This cycle can work positively or negatively and is greatly influenced by the self-talk (I knew I wasn't good at -X vs. next time I'll practice and do better at -X).

A person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it is, pockets your watch, and then sends you a bill for it.

A man's main job is to become supremely aware of and intimately involved in the great issues of his time

The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.

I wander if there really is a brave man with a really good imagination? If hypocrisy was destructive to the environment the world would have ended a long, long time ago.

Once upon a time only Washington's face was on our money, now Washington's hands are on it too.

He that lacks the time to mourn, lacks time to mend.