Quotes
Quotes about Time
Take time to come home to yourself everyday.
It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.
Nature, Time and Patience are the three great physicians.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
To hold and fill to overflowing Is not as good as to stop in time. Sharpen a knife-edge to its very sharpest, And the edge will not last long.
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult the calendar.
Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
I do not hesitate to read ... all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable--any real insight or broad human sentiment.
A time will come when a politician who has wilfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.
Whenever people say 'We mustn't be sentimental,' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add 'We must be realistic,' they mean they are going to make money out of it.
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.
Every man has his secret sorrows, which the world knows not; and oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad.
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
Do not believe that it is very much of an advance to do the unnecessary three times as fast.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
In times when the government imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also the prison.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children.
A man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of life getting his living.
Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds - all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.
