Quotes about Time
We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.
— Mark Twain
I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.
— Mark Twain
Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
— Mark Twain
You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.
— John Barrymore
Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
— Erica Jong
I find that the further I go back, the better things were, whether they happened or not.
— Mark Twain
Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.
— Anonymous
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.
— William Wordsworth
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
— Albert Einstein
People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
— Albert Einstein
If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
The future depends on what we do in the present.
— Mahatma Gandhi