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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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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
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
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
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