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List of time quotes
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This is a list of time quotes
Accept it
Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.
Eckhart Tolle
Best and worst times
Clocks slay timeClocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
William Faulkner
Controling the pastHe who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.
George Orwell
Created thingTime is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.'
Lao Tzu
Don't miss the Now
Everything comes in time
FascinatedI'm fascinated by the fact that we can't grasp anything about time.
Anthony Hopkins
Growing upGrowing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
Chili Davis
It continuesMany a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
John Steinbeck
It doesn't matterAge is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Mark Twain
It ripens all thingsIt is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
Francois Rabelais
Lost time
Mastering timeOnce you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!
Tony Robbins
Picture of the future
Present timeIn rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
Leonardo da Vinci
Quiet timeFinding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.
Mariel Hemingway
Sooner or later
Succession of changesNature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
Charles Dickens
The father of truthIt is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
Francois Rabelais
The futureThe best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
Abraham Lincoln
The mind that is wiseThe mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.
William Wordsworth
The most precious resourceMy favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.
Steve Jobs
The only critic
Thinking about a thingIf you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
Bruce Lee
Time is limitedYour time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Steve Jobs
TransformedTime has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.
Khalil Gibran
What makes it so important?
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