Quotes about Time

Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.

For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity. God keep me from ever completing anything. This whole book is but a draught—nay, but the draught of a draught. Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!

For backward or forward, eternity is the same; already have we been the nothing we dread to be.

Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death. (moby dick chap 29 p123)

I leave eternity to Thee; for what is man that he should live out the life-time of his God?

it cannot be much matter of surprise that some whalemen should go still further in their superstitions; declaring Moby Dick not only ubiquitous, but immortal (for immortality is but ubiquity in time);

Time itself now held long breaths with keen suspense.

If you went to your closet today, would you pull out the same outfit you wore 10 or 15 years ago? You wear feelings and faith differently as well.

Yes, in fact, it's hard to believe this, but it was almost 18 years ago when I first got the idea.

Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.

Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday.

We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever.