Sands Of Time Quotes

• Time is like a handful of sand - the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Running, Sand, Faster

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• Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Change, Sympathy

  "A Psalm of Life" st. 7 (1838)

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• You can't leave footprints in the sands of time while sitting down.

  Nelson Rockefeller

  Volunteer, Sitting Down, Footprint

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• The sands of time cannot be stopped. Years pass whether we will them or not... but we can remember. What has been lost may yet live in memories.

  Christopher Paolini

  Memories, Years, May

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.51, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Time, May, Matter

  Letter of to his Minister of the Interior on the Poor Laws. Pub. in The Press, February 1, 1868.

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• The sands of time are quicksands ... so much can sink into them without a trace.

  Margaret Atwood

  Time, Sand, Without A Trace

  Margaret Atwood (2014). “The MaddAddam Trilogy Bundle: The Year of the Flood; Oryx & Crake; MaddAddam”, p.571, Anchor

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• If you would like to leave footprints in the sands of time, you had better wear work shoes.

  Herbert V. Prochnow

  Shoes, Footprint, Sand

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• While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.

  James Branch Cabell

  Important, Footprint, Sand

  James Branch Cabell (2005). “Beyond Life”, p.173, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Let us be banded together as one man; let us contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints; let us pray with fervour, let us live in holiness, let us preach constantly, and preach with fire, and let us so live, that we may impress our age, and leave our footprints on the sands of time.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Wisdom, Men, Fire

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1874). “Flashes of thought; 1000 choice extr. from the works of C.H. Spurgeon”, p.511

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• The people who have sacrificed their view in order to get to the top have very often left no footprints in the sands of time.

  Tony Benn

  Views, Order, People

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• As your life is in His hands, so are the days of your life. But don’t let the sands of time get into the eye of your vision to reach those who sit in darkness. They simply must hear.

  Jim Elliot

  Eye, Hands, Darkness

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• For me, music is in no way ornamental or decorative, it's constitutive of who I am. And that's why, when I say I'm a blues man, that's a very serious vocation - to muster the courage to find your own unique voice, to forge your distinctive style in the world, to leave your imprint in the sands of time in such a way that your singularity, your individuality, remains something that people have to come to terms with.

  Cornel West

  Unique, Men, Who I Am

  "Cornel West, 'Living And Loving Out Loud'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. October 29, 2009.

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• The books that I do, the stories I write - I'm glad I'm able to do them, but they will quickly be swallowed up by the sands of time. Sometimes it frustrates me that I'm not able to do bigger, more important, more significant things. I guess you have to be content to do whatever it is you can do.

  Jim Woodring

  Book, Writing, Significant Things

  Interview with Ross Simonini, staging.believermag.com.

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• From the inheritance series book one Eragon. Broom The sands of time cannot be stopped years pass whether we will them or not, but we can remember.......what has been lost may yet live on in memories, that which you will hear is imperfect and fragmented yet treasure it for without you it does not exist.

  Christopher Paolini

  Memories, Book, Years

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