25 Quotes About Time That You’ll Love

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Are you looking for a bit of inspiration?

In this post, I offer a collection of twenty-five quotes about time.

Read this list whenever you need a bit of inspiration and motivation.

Whether you feel…

…you are out of time

…you don’t have enough time

…now is not the right time

…frustrated by time

…confused by time

…you are not spending your time in the best possible manner…

These quotes will certainly put things in perspective for you!

Quotes about seizing the moment

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

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”

Mother Teresa

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”

Napoleon Hill

“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”

Earl Nightingale

“Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”

Abraham Lincoln

Quotes about the properties of time

“Time and tide wait for no man.”

Geoffrey Chaucer

“Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.”

Leonardo da Vinci

“Lost time is never found again.”

Benjamin Franklin

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
Lao Tzu

“Time is money.”

Benjamin Franklin

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

Albert Einstein

Quotes about working with time

“Time is a created thing. To say, ‘I don’t have time’, is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.’”

Lao Tzu

“I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.”

Golda Meir

“We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.”

John F. Kennedy

“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

“If you want work well done, select a busy man — the other kind has no time.”

Elbert Hubbard

“The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.”

Stephen R. Covey

“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”

Theophrastus

“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”

William Penn

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Quotes about spending time

“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”
Carl Sandburg

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

Bruce Lee

“Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.”

Roger Babson

“People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.”

John Wanamaker

“The difference between what you were yesterday and what you will be tomorrow is what you do today.”
Stephen Pierce

How about you? Do any of these quotes resonate with you? Do you have any favorite time-based quotes you’d like to share? Join the conversation and leave a comment below!

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About the Author

Rashelle

Rashelle Isip is a New York City-based productivity consultant who helps successful entrepreneurs and business owners manage their time and energy so they can reduce stress, work less, and make more money in their businesses. She has been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, NBC News, The Washington Post, NPR, and The Atlantic. Get her free guide, 5 Unexpected Things You Need to Organize a Work Notebook, by clicking here.

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