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A collection of best quotes and thoughts on the importance of time from famous people.

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Meaningful Time Quotes We All Must Know

We all have heard our elders teaching us the importance of ‘Time’. Day in and day out we talk of time flying away in a jiffy, about time being of great value, and also about not squandering away our time aimlessly as it is indeed a precious resource. We all have learnt and experienced that Time, if once lost never returns and that Time should be utilized in a way so that at the end of the day we have a sense of accomplishment. Time is also considered to be the greatest healer. It is said that time has the power to heal a broken heart, life failures or any forlorn events that might occur in one’s life. Time management also forms a crucial element of one’s life. It is very important to schedule our life and events in a way that we are able to spend Time diligently in all spheres of our life. Many motivational speakers, eminent entrepreneurs, celebrities and philosophers have expressed their opinions, viewpoint, thoughts and experiences on the significance of time. Take a look at the famous, popular, inspiring and motivational quotes and thoughts on Time that will teach you to measure time by moments and not by clock.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).
Mark Twain

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
Bil Keane

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
William Shakespeare

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
William Shakespeare

I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.

I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.
Jimi Hendrix

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
William Shakespeare

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Mark Twain

If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.

If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.
William Shakespeare

We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.

We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.
William Shakespeare

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.
William Shakespeare

Time and the hour run through the roughest day.

Time and the hour run through the roughest day.
William Shakespeare

If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.

If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.
Stephen King

Thou know'st the first time that we smell the air we wawl and cry. When we are born we cry, that we are come to this great state of fools.

Thou know'st the first time that we smell the air we wawl and cry. When we are born we cry, that we are come to this great state of fools.
William Shakespeare

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
Mark Twain

When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.

When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
Maya Angelou

There are many events in the womb of time, which will be delivered.

There are many events in the womb of time, which will be delivered.
William Shakespeare

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell

My daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.

My daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.
Nicholas Sparks

None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.

None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.
Anne Rice

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?
Nicholas Sparks

I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.

I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.
A. A. Milne

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
Elie Wiesel

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.
William Shakespeare

Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.

Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.
Dave Eggers

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Oscar Wilde

Why is it," he said, one time, at the subway entrance, "I feel I've known you so many years?" "Because I like you," she said, "and I don't want anything from you.
Ray Bradbury

Time is
Too Slow for those who Wait,
Too Swift for those who Fear,
Too Long for those who Grieve,
Too Short for those who Rejoice;
But for those who Love,
Time is not.

Time is Too Slow for those who Wait, Too Swift for those who Fear, Too Long for those who Grieve, Too Short for those who Rejoice; But for those who Love, Time is not.
Henry Van Dyke

It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief . . . lessens. It may not go away completely, but after a while it's not so overwhelming.

It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief . . . lessens. It may not go away completely, but after a while it's not so overwhelming.
Nicholas Sparks