Inspiring Time: 220 Quotes to Cherish the Little Moments in 2024"

Welcome to a profound exploration of the essence of time through enlightening quotes.In this compilation,we unravel the wisdom encapsulated in timeless words that resonate across eras.Time,an intangible force shaping our existence,finds expression in the eloquence of renowned thinkers,poets,and visionaries.Join us on a journey of reflection and inspiration as we delve into the profound perspectives on time encapsulated in these carefully curated quotes.Let these timeless expressions be your guide as you navigate the intricate tapestry of life. 

Time quotes: 

1. “Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters.”—Margaret Peters

2. “Time is what we want most,but what we use worst.”—William Penn,Fruits of Solitude 

3. “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 

4. “The most precious resource we all have is time.”—Steve Jobs 

5. "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."—Leo Tolstoy,War and Peace 

6. “Time is a created thing.To say‘I don’t have time’is to say‘I don’t want to.’”—Lao Tzu 

7. "No man goes before his time.Unless the boss leaves early.”—Groucho Marx 

8. “Time is free,but it’s priceless.You can’t own it,but you can use it.You can’t keep it,but you can spend it.Once you’ve lost it,you can never get it back.”—Harvey MacKay 

9. “The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour,whatever he does,whoever he is.”—C.S.Lewis 

10. “The bad news is time flies.The good news is you’re the pilot.”—Michael Altshuler

Time quotes inspirational: 

11. "There’s only one thing more precious than our time and that’s who we spend it on.”—Leo Christopher 

12. "An inch of time is an inch of gold,but you can’t buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.”—Chinese Proverb 

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

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

15. "Time isn’t the main thing.It’s the only thing.”—Miles Davis

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16. "I am not particularly interested in saving time; I prefer to enjoy it.”—Eduardo Galeano 

17. "Time flies over us,but leaves its shadow behind.”—Nathaniel Hawthorne,The Marble Faun 

18. "Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.”—Ray Cummings,The Girl in the Golden Atom 

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

20. “I wish I could turn back the clock and find you sooner so I can love you longer.”—Unknown 

Self time quotes: 

21. “Time moves slowly,but passes quickly.”—Alice Walker,The Color Purple 

22. “You will never find time for anything.If you want time, you must make it.”—Charles Buxton 

23. "There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”—“Calvin and Hobbes”by Bill Watterson 

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

25. “Time is a waste of money.”—Oscar Wilde

26. “Time is a great healer,but a poor beautician.”—Lucille S.Harper 

27. “No measure of time with you will be long enough.But let’s start with forever.”—Stephenie Meyer,Breaking Dawn 

28. “You can’t turn back the clock.But you can wind it up again.”—Bonnie Prudden 

29. “Time and tide wait for no man,but time always stands still for a woman of 30.”—Robert Frost 

30. “Time has no meaning when you’re in love.”—Unknown

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Quotes on time and life: 

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

32. “There is never a time or place for true love.It happens accidentally,in a heartbeat,in a single flashing,throbbing moment.”—Sarah Dessen,The Truth About Forever 

33. “There is a time for work and a time for love.That leaves no other time.”—Coco Chanel 

34. “Time is the longest distance between two places.”—Tennessee Williams,The Glass Menagerie 

35. “To live is so startling,it leaves little time for anything else.”—Emily Dickinson 

36. “Lost time is never found again.”—Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac 

37. “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.”—Albert Einstein 

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

39. “Time is precious.Make sure you spend it with the right people.”—Unknown 

40. "Who controls the past,controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”—George Orwell, 1984 

Time quotes in relationship: 

41. “Time, which changes people,does not alter the image we have of them.”—Marcel Proust 

42. “If you judge people,you have no time to love them.”—Mother Teresa 

43. “The few hours I spend with you are worth the thousand hours I spend without you.”—Unknown 

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

45. “Men talk of killing time,while time quietly kills them.”—Dion Boucicault

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46. “Don’t waste your time in anger,regrets,worries,and grudges.Life is too short to be unhappy.”—Roy T.Bennett,The Light in the Heart 

47. “It has been said,'time heals all wounds.'I do not agree.The wounds remain.In time,the mind,protecting its sanity,covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens.But it is never gone.”―Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy 

48. “It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,The Little Prince 

49. “Time is a very misleading thing.All there is ever,is the now.We can gain experience from the past,but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future,but we don't know if there is one.”—George Harrison 

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

Value of time quotes: 

51. “Time is a game played beautifully by children.”—Heraclitus,Fragments 

52. “Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.”—Jorge Luis Borges 

53. “How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon.December is here before it's June.My goodness how the time has flewn.How did it get so late so soon?”—Dr.Seuss,“How Did it Get So Late So Soon?” 

54. “Time takes it all,whether you want it to or not.”—Stephen King,The Green Mile 

55. “Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself.”—Khaled Hosseini,The Kite Runner 

56. “Time is a slippery thing: lose hold of it once,and its string might sail out of your hands forever.”—Anthony Doerr,All The Light We Cannot See 

57. “Clocks 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,The Sound and the Fury 

58. “It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.”—Vincent Van Gogh 

59. “With endless time, nothing is special.With no loss or sacrifice,we can’t appreciate what we have.”—Mitch Albom,The Time Keeper 

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

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Quotes Time quotes for love: 

61. “The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.”—Dante Alighieri 

62. “We shouldn't waste time on things that might happen someday,or maybe even never.”—Colleen Hoover,It Ends With Us 

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

64. “Time itself comes in drops.”—William James 

65. “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 

66. “Time,as far as my father was concerned,was a gift you gave to other people.”—Michelle Obama,Becoming 

67. “It’s always about timing.If it’s too soon,no one understands.If it’s too late,everyone’s forgotten.”—Anna Wintour 

68. “If one has no time,one has also lost oneself.”—Marc Wittmann,Felt Time 

69. “Every day is a bank account,and time is our currency.No one is rich,no one is poor,we've got 24 hours each.”—Christopher Rice 

70. “Time is a storm in which we are all lost.”—William Carlos Williams

Give time quotes: 

71. “I don't need time,I need a deadline.”—Duke Ellington

72. “Each day a day goes by.”—Carlo Goldoni 

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

74. “Time is more value than money.You can get more money,but you cannot get more time.”—Jim Rohn 

75. “We must use time as a tool,not as a couch.”—John F.Kennedy

76. “Determine never to be idle.No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any.It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing.”—Thomas Jefferson 

77. “We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”—Nelson Mandela 

78. “There’s time enough,but none to spare.”–Charles W.Chesnutt 

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

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

Time quotes short: 

81. “Time flies.It’s up to you to be the navigator.”—Robert Orben 

82. “Time will explain.”—Jane Austen,Persuasion 

83. “Time and tide wait for no man.”–Geoffrey Chaucer 

84. "Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey.”—Captain Jean-Luc Picard,STAR TREK 

85. “Enjoy life.There’s plenty of time to be dead.”—Hans Christian Andersen 

86. “Time makes more converts than reason.”–Thomas Paine,Common Sense 

87. “As time goes by, you seem to weed out the things that were making your life hard.”—Tom Petty 

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

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

90. “The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.”—William Butler Yeats

Time quotes for students: 

91. “Time is the least thing we have of.”—Ernest Hemingway 

92. “Time is long but life is short.”—Stevie Wonder

93. “There are no secrets that time does not reveal.”—Jean Racine 

94. "Time is the wisest counselor of all.”—Pericles 

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

96. “The way we spend our time defines who we are.”—Jonathan Estrin 

97. “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 

98. “Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times,it’s the only time we’ve got.”—Art Buchwald 

99. “The present time has one advantage over every other — it is our own.”—Charles Caleb Colton 

100. “Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.”—Tim Ferriss,Tools of Titans

Good time quotes: 

101. "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."-Mahatma Gandhi 

102. "Spread love everywhere you go.Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."-Mother Teresa 

103. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."-Franklin D.Roosevelt 

104. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."-Martin Luther King Jr. 

105. "Do one thing every day that scares you."-Eleanor Roosevelt

106. "Well done is better than well said."-Benjamin Franklin 

107. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."-Helen Keller 

108. "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."-Aristotle 

109. "Do not go where the path may lead,go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."-Ralph Waldo Emerson 

110. "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." -Oscar Wilde

Value of time quotes short: 

111. "If life were predictable it would cease to be life and be without flavor."-Eleanor Roosevelt 

112. "In the end,it's not the years in your life that count.It's the life in your years."-Abraham Lincoln 

113. "Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."-Ralph Waldo Emerson 

114. "You will face many defeats in life,but never let yourself be defeated."-Maya Angelou 

115. "Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."-Babe Ruth 

116. "Life is never fair,and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not."-Oscar Wilde 

117. "The purpose of our lives is to be happy."-Dalai Lama 

118. "In this life we cannot do great things.We can only do small things with great love."-Mother Teresa 

119. "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."-Albert Einstein 

120. "The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."-Tony Robbins

Best quotes of all time: 

121. “You may say I'm a dreamer,but I'm not the only one.I hope someday you'll join us.And the world will live as one.”-John Lennon 

122. "You only live once,but if you do it right,once is enough."-Mae West 

123. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."-Ralph Waldo Emerson 

124. "Don't worry when you are not recognized,but strive to be worthy of recognition."-Abraham Lincoln 

125. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall."-Nelson Mandela

126. "Life is really simple,but we insist on making it complicated."-Confucius 

127. "May you live all the days of your life."-Jonathan Swift 

128. "Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale."-Hans Christian Andersen 

129. "Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life."-John Wooden 

130. "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined."-Henry David Thoreau

Time quotes about the future: 

131. "Keep smiling,because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about."-Marilyn Monroe 

132. "In the depth of winter,I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."-Albert Camus 

133. "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."-Robert Frost 

134. "So we beat on,boats against the current,borne back ceaselessly into the past."-F.Scott Fitzgerald 

135. "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."-Helen Keller

136. "You have brains in your head.You have feet in your shoes.You can steer yourself any direction you choose."-Dr.Seuss 

137. "Life is made of ever so many partings welded together."-Charles Dickens 

138. "Your 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."-Steve Jobs 

139. "Life is trying things to see if they work."-Ray Bradbury 

140. "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."-Thomas A.Edison 

Time quotes about success and winning: 

141. "The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well."-John D.Rockefeller Jr. 

142. "I find that the harder I work,the more luck I seem to have."-Thomas Jefferson 

143. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."-Winston S.Churchill 

144. "The real test is not whether you avoid this failure,because you won't.It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction,or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere."-Barack Obama 

145. "Don't be distracted by criticism.Remember — the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you."-Zig Ziglar 

146. "Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."-Henry David Thoreau 

147. “Everything you can imagine is real.”-Pablo Picasso 

148. "If you want to make your dreams come true,the first thing you have to do is wake up."-J.M.Power 

149. "There are no secrets to success.It is the result of preparation,hard work,and learning from failure."-Colin Powell 

150. "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."-Walt Disney

Motivational time quotes: 

151. "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."-Franklin D.Roosevelt 

152. "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."-Herman Melville 

153. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."-Eleanor Roosevelt 

154. "The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same."-Colin R.Davis 

155. "Always remember,your focus determines your reality."-George Lucas

156. "If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure,you will fail above everyone else's success."-James Cameron 

157. "If you really look closely,most overnight successes took a long time."-Steve Jobs 

158. "To be successful,you have to be selfish,or else you never achieve.And once you get to your highest level,then you have to be unselfish."-Michael Jordan 

159. "Let the future tell the truth,and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments.The present is theirs; the future,for which I have really worked, is mine."-Nikola Tesla 

160. "Try not to become a man of success.Rather become a man of value."-Albert Einstein 

Time quotes to inspire you: 

161. "Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."-John D.Rockefeller 

162. "If you want to achieve excellence,you can get there today.As of this second,quit doing less-than-excellent work."-Thomas J.Watson

163. "Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."-Winston Churchill 

164. "When you undervalue what you do,the world will undervalue who you are."-Oprah Winfrey 

165. "Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today."-Abraham Lincoln

166. "If you genuinely want something,don't wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient."-Gurbaksh Chahal 

167. "The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."-Vidal Sassoon 

168. "If you are not willing to risk the usual,you will have to settle for the ordinary."-Jim Rohn 

169. "Before anything else,preparation is the key to success."-Alexander Graham Bell 

170. "In playing ball,and in life,a person occasionally gets the opportunity to do something great.When that time comes,only two things matter: being prepared to seize the moment and having the courage to take your best swing."-Hank Aaron 

Short quotes on time and life: 

171. "Believe you can and you're halfway there."-Theodore Roosevelt 

172. "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."-Ralph Waldo Emerson 

173. "I've learned that people will forget what you said,people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."-Maya Angelou 

174. "The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."-Ayn Rand 

175. "Winning isn't everything,but wanting to win is."-Vince Lombardi

176. "The most difficult thing is the decision to act,the rest is merely tenacity."-Amelia Earhart 

177. "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."-Wayne Gretzky 

178. "I alone cannot change the world,but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples."-Mother Teresa 

179. "You become what you believe."-Oprah Winfrey 

180. "Whether you think you can or you think you can't,you're right."-Henry Ford

Inspirational time quotes to make you appreciate it: 

181. "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."-Anne Frank 

182. "An unexamined life is not worth living."-Socrates 

183. "Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear."-George Addair 

184. "Dream big and dare to fail."-Norman Vaughan 

185. "Courage is grace under pressure."-Ernest Hemingway 

186. "It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.”-Laura Ingalls Wilder 

187. "Nothing is impossible,the word itself says,‘I'm possible!'"-Audrey Hepburn 

188. "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."-Confucius 

189. "Don't find fault,find a remedy: anyone can complain."-Henry Ford 

190. "A man may die,nations may rise and fall,but an idea lives on".-John F.Kennedy 

Inspirational time quotes to encourage you to use it wisely: 

191. "I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up,this diminishes fear."-Rosa Parks 

192. "I didn't fail the test.I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."-Benjamin Franklin 

193. "If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship,don't ask what seat! Just get on."-Sheryl Sandberg 

194. "With great power comes great responsibility."-Stan Lee 

195. "I would rather die of passion than of boredom."-Vincent van Gogh

196. "If you look at what you have in life,you'll always have more.If you look at what you don't have in life,you'll never have enough."-Oprah Winfrey 

197. "Dreaming,after all,is a form of planning."-Gloria Steinem 

198. "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe,it can achieve."-Napoleon Hill 

199. "First,have a definite,clear practical ideal; a goal,an objective.Second,have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom,money,materials,and methods.Third,adjust all your means to that end."-Aristotle 

200. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.So,throw off the bowlines,sail away from safe harbor,catch the trade winds in your sails.Explore,Dream,Discover."-Mark Twain

Time quotes to make you better: 

201. "It's not enough to be busy,so are the ants.The question is,what are we busy about?"--Henry David Thoreau 

202. "The key is in not spending time,but in investing it."--Stephen R.Covey 

203. "Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning."-Winston Churchill 

204. "Time is more valuable than money.You can get more money,but you cannot get more time."-Jim Rohn 

205. "One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power.Most people dabble their way through life,never deciding to master anything in particular."-Tony Robbins 

206. "Better to be three hours too soon,than a minute too late."-William Shakespeare 

207. "Yesterday is gone.Tomorrow has not yet come.We have only today.Let us begin."-Mother Teresa 

208. "Don't be fooled by the calendar.There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.One man gets only a week's value out of a year while another man gets a full year's value out of a week."--Charles Richards 

209. "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."-Abraham Lincoln 

210. "The shorter way to do many things is to only do one thing at a time."-Mozart

One step at a time quotes: 

211. "The common man is not concerned about the passage of time,the man of talent is driven by it."-Shoppenhauer 

212. "Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves."-Lord Chesterfield 

213. "Determine never to be idle.No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any.It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing."--Thomas Jefferson 

214. "Once 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 

215. "To do two things at once is to do neither."--Publius Syrus 

216. "He who know most grieves most for wasted time."--Dante 

217. "Time is really the only capital that any human being has,and the only thing he can't afford to lose."--Thomas Edison 

218. "Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent,and not enough time on what is important."-Steven Covey 

219. "The bad news is time flies.The good news is you're the pilot."--Michael Altshuler 

220. "Your future is created by what you do today,not tomorrow."-Anonymous

In concluding our exploration of time quotes,we've unraveled a tapestry of wisdom that transcends epochs.As these poignant words echo through the corridors of time,they serve as beacons of insight and contemplation.Time,the silent architect of our existence,is beautifully captured in the eloquence of these quotes.Let these timeless reflections linger in your thoughts,guiding you through the ever-evolving journey of life.Embrace the wisdom within these quotes and allow them to shape your perception of time,adding depth to your personal narrative.

By: QuotidianVerse Team.