Time Is Precious Quotes

• 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 eternity.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Life, Romantic

  Henry Van Dyke, “Time Is”

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• Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Money, Time

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 26, 2016

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• Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Trust, Time, Truth

  Benjamin Disraeli, Edmund Gosse, Robert Arnot (1904). “The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches”

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• Lost time is never found again.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivational, Positive, Time

  Benjamin Franklin (1821). “Essays and Letters”, p.80

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• Time is the most precious element of human existence.

  Denis Waitley

  Precious Stones, Elements, Time Management

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  A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

  Charles Darwin

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1958). “Autobiography and Selected Letters”, p.145, Courier Corporation

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• Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time.

  Denis Waitley

  Success, Time, Precious Stones

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  Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Everything matters. Time is precious.

  Jessica Hagedorn

  Matter

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• The time is always right to do what is right.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  "This Dallas Boy's MLK Jr. Speech Is Such A Sweet Message For Today's World" by Sarah Friedmann, www.bustle.com. January 2018.

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  When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• For those who love... time is eternity.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Valentines Day, Powerful

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• As far as I know, you only get one shot at this life. It only goes round once and time is precious. When I'm not working, you'd better spend that time with someone important.

  Benjamin Bratt

  Important, This Life, Shots

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• 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. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Time is: Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Valentines Day, Meaningful, Famous Love

  Henry Van Dyke (1904). “Music, and Other Poems”

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• Time is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past, even while we attempt to define it.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Time, Past, Gone

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.264

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• The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Time, White Collar

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• When you are doing one thing - talking on your phone, texting, whatever - you are automatically not doing something else. What is the greatest scarcity in the world today? It's not oil. It's time. Time is precious. Don't throw it away.

  Martin Cooper

  Phones, Talking, Oil

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• But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Life, Time, Two Nations

  Benjamin Disraeli (1845). “Sybil, Or, The Two Nations”, p.9

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• It's difficult dating, as an actor because your free time is precious. The guy I end up with someday is going to have to love traveling.

  Serinda Swan

  Dating, Guy, Actors

  "Serinda Swan on 'Graceland' and Her Go-To Red-Carpet Designers". Interview with Lorraine Cwelich, www.elle.com. January 30, 2013.

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• If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Time, Book, Reading

  Thomas Carlyle (1864). “Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...”, p.57

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• Follow your heart, Ithilnin," Albirich repeated. "Time is precious. Don't waste it living someone else's life.

  Jess C Scott

  Heart, Follow Your Heart, Waste

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• Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously turn you off the activity altogether.

  Lionel Shriver

  Book, Reading, Waste

  "How not to read" by Lionel Shriver, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2014.

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