33 Quotes About Time To Make The Most Of It

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We all waste it and yet want more of it: Time. These quotes about time will help you finally overcome your procrastination habit.

The next time you lament how you’ve wasted your day, look at these quotes and let them motivate you to do better tomorrow.

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Quotes About Time And Its Importance

1. “No amount of money ever bought a second of time.” – Tony Stark

2. “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” — Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

3. “The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.” — Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

4. “Patience and time do more than strength or passion.” – Jean de La Fontaine

5. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

6. “Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart.” — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

7. “All our sweetest hours fly fastest.” Virgil

8. “There’s never enough time to do it right, but there’s always enough time to do it over.” — Jack Bergman

9. “All great achievements require time.” — Maya Angelou

10. “My 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

11. “Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.” — Leonardo da Vinci

Quotes That Show Why Time Is Valuable

12. “A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” — Charles Darwin

13. “Perfection is the child of time.” – Joseph Hall

14. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” — Chinese Proverb

15. “It’s not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it.” — Seneca

16. “The past always looks better than it was. It’s only pleasant because it isn’t here.” – Finley Peter Dunne

17. “You can’t make up for lost time. You can only do better in the future.” — Ashley Ormon

18. “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” — Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

19.” Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.” – Alan Lakein

20. “It’s a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.” — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

21. “Better three hours too soon than one minute too late.” — William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

22. “Punctuality is the thief of time.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Quotes For Time Wasters

23. “Time you enjoy wasted was not time wasted.” — John Lennon

24. “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.” – Evelyn Waugh

25. “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” — Bruce Lee

26. “Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.” — Tim Ferriss

27. “Own time, or time will own you.” — Brian Norgard

28. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller

29. “Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend.” — Diogenes

30. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

31. “Procrastination is the thief of time.” – Edward Young

32. “The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can’t save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly.” — Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

33.” Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.” – Michael LeBoeuf