Quotes about Time
There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.
— Dante Alighieri
Most people believe that the Christian commandments are intentionally a little too severe - like setting a clock half an hour ahead to make sure of not being late in the morning.
— Soren Kierkegaard
God and a soldier all .people adore In time of war, but not before; And when war is over and all things are righted, God is neglected and an old soldier slighted.
— Anonymous
Then is then. Now is now. We must grow to learn the difference.
— Anonymous
The present moment is significant, not as the bridge between past and future, but by reason of its contents, which can fill our emptiness and become ours, if we are capable of receiving them
— Dag Hammarskjold
Now is the only time we own; give, love, toil with a will. And place no faith in tomorrow, for the clock may then be still.
— Anonymous
The present is an edifice which God cannot rebuild.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
No mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.
— Samuel Johnson
Yesterday has gone. Tomorrow may never come. There is only the miracle of this moment. Savor it. It is a gift.
— Anonymous
Now is all we have. Everything that has ever happened to you, and anything that is ever going to happen to you, is just a thought.
— Wayne Dyer
Today was once the future from which you expected so much in the past.
— Anonymous
Very strange is this quality of our human nature which decrees that unless we feel a future before us we do not live completely in the present.
— Phillips Brooks