Time Quotes

Use your time wisely

• "Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week." Charles Richards
• "The key is in not spending time, but in investing it." Stephen R. Covey
• "A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life." Charles Darwin
• "Make use of time, let not advantage slip." William Shakespeare

Check your priorities

• "If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got." Lee Iacocca
• "It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?" Henry David Thoreau
• "You’re writing the story of your life one moment at a time." Doc Childre and Howard Martin

Focus on the present

• "Never let yesterday use up today." Richard H. Nelson
• "I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present." W. Somerset Maugham
• "The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do something." Carl Sandburg

The importance of time

• "Time is money." Benjamin Franklin
• "Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend." Theophrastus
• "Your greatest resource is your time." Brian Tracy
• "Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend." Laertius Diogenes
• "Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose." Thomas Edison
• "Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else." Peter F. Drucker