Time Quotes

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Time Quotes

These time quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

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"Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day."

-- Dalai Lama

"Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day."

-- Dalai Lama

"There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live."

-- Dalai Lama

"There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live."

-- Dalai Lama

"Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well."

-- Dalai Lama

"Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well."

-- Dalai Lama

"Better than a thousand years lived in ignorance is a single day lived in wisdom and deep meditation."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Better than a thousand years lived in ignorance is a single day lived in wisdom and deep meditation."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Better than a thousand years lived in ignorance... is a single day lived in wisdom and deep meditation."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Better than a thousand years lived in ignorance... is a single day lived in wisdom and deep meditation."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow."

-- William Shakespeare

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow."

-- William Shakespeare

"Time flows away like the water in the river."

-- Confucius

"Time flows away like the water in the river."

-- Confucius

"Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events."

-- Albert Einstein

"Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events."

-- Albert Einstein

"Time is an illusion."

-- Albert Einstein

"Time is an illusion."

-- Albert Einstein

"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."

-- Albert Einstein

"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."

-- Albert Einstein

"Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. When once gone, no gold can buy them back again."

-- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

"Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. When once gone, no gold can buy them back again."

-- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

"I am Time, the destroyer of worlds."

-- Krishna

"I am Time, the destroyer of worlds."

-- Krishna

"What is yours today, belonged to someone else yesterday, and will belong to someone else tomorrow."

-- Krishna

"What is yours today, belonged to someone else yesterday, and will belong to someone else tomorrow."

-- Krishna

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These time quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

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Some of the most celebrated time quotes come from Krishna, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Albert Einstein, Confucius, William Shakespeare, among many others featured on this page.

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Popular time quotes include: "What is yours today, belonged to someone else yesterday, and will belong to someone else tomorrow." -- Krishna Also: "I am Time, the destroyer of worlds." -- Krishna.

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