Quotes about Time

We are accountable to [God] for the way we use our time.

We relegate God to our spare time—but end up never having any spare time! Jesus said, "Seek first his kingdom" [Matthew 6:33 NIV].

Life is short; none of us knows how long we have. Live each day as if it were your last—for someday it will be.

Time and tide and the ravages of sin take their toll on the most noble achievements of man.

You cannot afford to be too busy to pray.

We all have exactly the same number of minutes in a day. The question is, how will we use them? Most people today are either too busy—or not busy enough. The Bible tells us that both extremes are wrong.

There is for each man a day, an hour, a minute. The Bible talks in many places about the brevity of life, and the Bible warns that we should be prepared to meet God at all times.

Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power.

Every day has exactly 1,440 minutes; can't you find even ten of them to be with your heavenly Father? Doesn't God deserve the best minutes of your day?

God can do more with a few days of your time if given completely to Him, than He can with a whole life characterized by a half-hearted service.

You can trust Christ at this moment. The Bible says, "Now is the accepted time" [2 Corinthians 6:2 KJV]. Don't put it off. Don't say, "I'll think about it." Don't say, "I'll do it tomorrow." Do it right now. At this moment, say yes to Jesus Christ.

A senator once confided to me that the greatest need in Washington was the elimination of the cocktail party. He said: "It consumes so much of our time that we don't have time for matters of state".