Quotes about Time
When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
— Joseph Addison
Those marriages generally abound most with love and constancy that are preceded by a long courtship.
— Joseph Addison
We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.
— Joseph Addison
As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
— Joseph Campbell
I know that the future is scary at times. But there's just no escaping it.
— Ernest Cline
Somebody set up us the bomb,' pal," he quoted. "Now it's time to take off every zig for great justice.
— Ernest Cline
Ernest Cline lives in Austin, Texas, where he devotes a large portion of his time to geeking out. This is his first novel.
— Ernest Cline
Han will have that shield down,' ââ'¬Ã‚ Aech quoted. " ââ'¬Ã‹œWe've got to give him more time!'
— Ernest Cline
Apart from the before, the now has little meaning. The now is only a thin slice of who I am; isolated from the rich deposits of before, it cannot be understood.
— Eugene Peterson
Maturity cannot be hurried, programmed, or tinkered with. There are no steroids available for growing up in Christ more quickly. Impatient shortcuts land us in the dead ends of immaturity.
— Eugene Peterson
Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.
— Eugene Peterson
I am trying to teach my mind to bear the long, slow growth of the fields, and to sing of its passing while it waits.
— Eugene Peterson