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Time quotes that make an impact.
Depending on how you use them, time quotes can provide inspiration and motivation. They can help you reflect on the nature of time and the role it plays in your life. To the right person, time quotes can give them tips on how to focus on their tasks and be more productive.
Whether it’s on an inspirational poster or awe-inspiring flyers, these time quotes can make a big difference. Browse this collection of time quotes to find the best ones for your creative projects.
The best time quotes for all occasions.
The best time quotes highlight the importance of time. When chosen well, they can inspire mindfulness and encourage better time management. They also remind you to make the most out of each moment so you can approach life more deliberately and with more focus.
Use these quotes to make awe-inspiring posters or banners. Create daily visual reminders that will help you stay focused and manage your time more effectively.
Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one.”
George Harrison
Time is a game played beautifully by children.”
Heraclitus
Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.”
Stephen King
The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly.”
Benjamin Hoff
With endless time, nothing is special. With no loss or sacrifice, we can’t appreciate what we have.”
Mitch Albom
This beautiful quote is perfect for big and bold inspirational posters. Use this to remind yourself of what matters most and to make better use of the time you have.
Time is a storm in which we are all lost.”
William Carlos Williams
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.”
Thomas Hardy
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.”
Saint Augustine
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Quotes about time to change your perspective.
Quotes about time offer perspectives on its fleeting nature. They also remind you of the importance of seizing the moment.
When used in creative projects, they can help provide universal truths that inspire action. Add these quotes about time to custom cards or letters to serve as portable nuggets of inspiration to share with your loved ones.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
Andy Warhol
Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”
Dale Carnegie
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I always live in the present. The future I can’t know. The past I no longer have.”
Fernando Pessoa
Although we try to control it in a million different ways, the only things you can ever really do to time are enjoy it, or waste it. That's it.”
A.J. Compton
While you can’t control time, you can decide what you can do with it. Incorporate this thought-provoking quote in your creative projects to help you stay focused.
If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
John Wooden
This inspirational quote about time is perfect for visually appealing posters and banners. Hang these in your home for daily inspiration.
Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.”
Ray Cummings
An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can’t buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.”
Chinese Proverb
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Best quotes of all time.
The best quotes of all time continue to provide timeless wisdom about things like time itself. They also hold truths that resonate across generations and cultures.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.”
Sophocles
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
Marthe Troly-Curtin
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Nelson Mandela
In this life, we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.”
Mother Teresa
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
Mae West
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is nothing permanent except change.”
Heraclitus
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
Søren Kierkegaard
Time flies quotes to remind you of its value.
Time seems to fly, especially when you’re having fun. These quotes remind you that time passes by so swiftly that you should cherish every moment. Time flies quotes also double as thoughtful reminders to make each day count before they slip away.
When using these quotes for projects like collages or banners, pair them with powerful imagery to make a bigger impact. Include illustrations, icons, or images that will elevate your creative project.
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.”
Jean de La Bruyère
There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
Bill Watterson
The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do something.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
It's strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.”
Veronica Roth
The past always looks better than it was. It’s only pleasant because it isn’t here.”
Finley Peter Dunne
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”
Michael Altshuler
Time is the one thing that can never be retrieved…the hours lost in idleness can never be brought back to be used in gainful pursuits…”
C.R. Lawton
I am not particularly interested in saving time; I prefer to enjoy it.”
Eduardo Galeano
How you spend your time is entirely up to you. This quote reminds you to have fun and make the most out of the time you have.
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Time management quotes to help you stay on top of things.
Staying on top of all your tasks sometimes seems like a challenge. These time management quotes offer practical insights and motivation to help you focus on what matters and be more productive.
Incorporate these time management quotes in custom calendars or planners to help you stay motivated.
The way we spend our time defines who we are.”
Jonathan Estrin
Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.”
John C. Maxwell
If people would reflect that one can only do one thing at a time and therefore there is never more than one thing to do at a time, there would be less fatigue in the world.”
Emmet Fox
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.”
Bruce Lee
One must work with time and not against it.”
Ursula K. Le Guin
The shorter way to do many things is to only do one thing at a time.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Multitasking is great, but it can cause you to use your time inefficiently. When your tasks start to feel overwhelming, use this quote as a reminder to take things one step at a time.
The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: ‘I did not have time’.”
Franklin Field
It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?”
Henry David Thoreau
Think you’re too busy? Check out this quote, ponder on it, and think about what really matters.
Family time quotes for when you need to focus on what counts.
When was the last time you spent quality time with your loved ones? Family time quotes highlight the importance of spending quality time with your family. They remind you of what matters most and encourage you to create lasting memories with your loved ones.
Strengthen your relationships and let your loved ones know that they’re your top priority. Add these family time quotes to personalized photo collages or sweet cards.
There’s only one thing more precious than our time and that’s who we spend it on.”
Leo Christopher
Want to reassure your loved ones that you value your time with them? Consider using this quote in a heartwarming letter.
At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.”
Barbara Bush
Time is precious. Make sure you spend it with the right people.”
Anonymous
Time, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people.”
Michelle Obama
Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have of them.”
Marcel Proust
No matter how busy you are, you must take the time to make the other person feel important.”
Mary Kay Ash
It is more important than ever to make our families the center of our lives and the top of our priorities.”
L. Tom Perry
In family relationships love is really spelled t-i-m-e, time.”
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
One of the best ways to show your love to your family is by spending quality time with them. Let them know you love and appreciate them by using this card in a thoughtful, creative project.
Quotes about time passing.
Quotes about time passing remind you of life’s transience. They encourage you to appreciate the time you have now as well as reflect on your growth and progress.
Put quotes about time passing to good use by adding them to a timeline poster or photo collage. Then, use that to keep track of your milestones and stay motivated.
Seize the day, then let it go.”
Marty Rubin
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.”
C.S. Lewis
Time moves slowly but passes quickly.”
Alice Walker
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne
How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon...My goodness how the time has flewn…”
Dr. Seuss
Time and tide wait for no man.”
Geoffrey Chaucer
The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
Everybody knows that once you passed it, you can’t go back.”
Claire Cook
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Time to move on quotes for when you want to free yourself.
Moving on from something or someone is tough, but it’s a natural part of life. These time to move on quotes remind you that it’s a universal experience and the future holds new opportunities.
Use Adobe Express to make impactful cards or letters featuring these quotes. Share them with loved ones to offer your support and encouragement during their period of transition.
Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.”
Roy T. Bennett
I don't dwell in the past; I don't wallow in old events and emotions. I don't waste time on regret. No use going over and over the details of what already happened.”
Yanni
I give you this to take with you: Nothing remains as it was. If you know this, you can begin again, with pure joy in the uprooting.”
Judith Minty
Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart’s desire.”
John Dewey
Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”
Paulo Coelho
You can have it all. Just not all at once.”
Oprah Winfrey
Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.”
Coco Chanel
Fear tricks us into living a boring life.”
Donald Miller
Value of time quotes.
Time is valuable, but sometimes you need to remember that fact. Value of time quotes show you the importance of time and how you need to spend it wisely. These quotes can jog your memory, helping you remember to appreciate every moment and focus on what matters most.
Keep these value of time quotes front and center in your home or office. Add them to motivational posters or banners to remind you of the importance of time.
The trouble is, you think you have time.”
Jack Kornfield
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.”
Steve Jobs
You may delay, but time will not.”
Benjamin Franklin
Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.”
Art Buchwald
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it…Once you've lost it you can never get it back.”
Harvey Mackay
You have got to own your days and live them, each one of them, every one of them, or else the years go by and none of them belong to you.”
Herb Gardner
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.”
Timothy Ferriss
Time quotes that are short.
Time quotes that are short pack a punch. They deliver powerful messages concisely, making them impactful and easy to remember. They’re also perfect for when you want to provide your audience with quick inspiration.
These short quotes are well-suited for social media posts or flyers. Use striking imagery or illustrations to further drive home the point of your selected quotes.
Either you run the day, or the day runs you.”
Jim Rohn
Time is the longest distance between two places.”
Tennessee Williams
Time is the wisest counselor of all.”
Pericles
Life, if well lived, is long enough.”
Seneca
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.”
Albert Einstein
The future starts today, not tomorrow.”
Pope John Paul II
Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.”
Paracelsus
But meanwhile, time flies; it flies never to be regained.”
Virgil
Quotes about time and love.
Time and love often intersect, and these quotes about time and love explore that relationship. They focus on how the time you spend with loved ones enriches your life in return. These quotes about time also highlight the importance of nurturing your relationships with them over time.
Want to make your loved one’s day more memorable? Share these quotes with them through a thoughtful card or photo collage featuring your favorite photos together.
Only in marriage do love and time, eternal enemies, join forces.”
Adam Zagajewski
Time has no meaning when you’re in love.”
Anonymous
Love is space and time measured with the heart.”
Marcel Proust
I wish I could turn back the clock and find you sooner so I can love you longer.”
Unknown
There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”
Sarah Dessen
Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.”
Jorge Luis Borges
Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart.”
Haruki Murakami
When you’re with someone you love, time seems to play tricks on you. Share this quote with your loved ones to let them know you love spending time with them.
There is a time for work and a time for love. That leaves no other time.”
Coco Chanel
Wasting time quotes for when you need motivation to complete a task.
You can never get back wasted time—unless you have a time machine. Kidding aside, wasting time quotes are cautionary reminders that can help you focus on activities that bring meaning to your life instead of unproductive pursuits.
Feature these quotes in custom planners, banners, or posters to help others stay mindful of the time they have.
Regret for wasted time is more wasted time.”
Mason Cooley
You can’t make up for lost time. You can only do better in the future.”
Ashley Ormon
If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”
Bruce Lee
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”
William Penn
The time I kill is killing me.”
Mason Cooley
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
Charles Darwin
Time, like life, is a finite resource. When you waste time, you’re kind of also wasting the value of life. When you need to be reminded to use your time wisely, look to this quote for inspiration.
It’s not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it.”
Seneca
Time slips away like grains of sand never to return again.”
Robin Sharma
Time heals quotes.
The best time heals quotes offer solace and hope, especially during difficult times. They remind you that time and its passage eventually bring healing and fresh perspectives that may help you move past pain or sorrow.
When you need to encourage others, provide comfort, or keep them inspired, add these time heals quotes to beautiful cards or letters.
It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain…the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.”
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite.”
Cassandra Clare
There are no secrets that time does not reveal.”
Jean Racine
It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”
Elizabeth Taylor
Time will pass and seasons will come and go.”
Roy Bean
Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth.”
Thomas Huxley
Perfection is the child of time.”
Joseph Hall
Time, the devourer of all things.”
Ovid
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Time is valuable quotes.
Time is valuable quotes emphasize time’s irreplaceable nature. With the help of these quotes, you can see time in a new light and view it as a valuable, finite resource. Lastly, these quotes can inspire you to spend your time on worthwhile endeavors that help make your life more meaningful.
Make creative projects that leave a lasting impact. Incorporate these quotes into any project and make sure that it’s placed in a prominent location. This way, you’ll have a constant reminder of the importance of valuing time.
We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.”
John F. Kennedy
One can find time for everything if one is never in a hurry.”
Mikhail Bulgakov
Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.”
Jim Rohn
Time is one of your most valuable commodities and how you spend it determines what your life will be. You can either waste it, invest it or give it away.”
David Khalil
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”
Theophrastus
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
Leo Tolstoy
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters.”
Margaret Peters
Prioritizing time quotes.
When you need help focusing on what matters most, or if you need a quick boost of inspiration, these prioritizing time quotes can help. They can guide you on how to use your time more effectively while reminding you of tasks or relationships you need to focus on.
Using Adobe Express to make planners or lists allows you to easily integrate your favorite quotes. This, in turn, encourages you to make prioritizing your time a habit.
Do not wait: the time will never be ‘just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.”
Napoleon Hill
Prioritizing is an important aspect of productivity. Listed tasks should be things that matter: things that are in alignment with your objectives and do not distract you from what you really should be doing.”
Romuald Andrade
The present time has one advantage over every other – it is our own.”
Charles Caleb Colton
It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten.”
Anna Wintour
If one has no time, one has also lost oneself.”
Marc Wittmann
Every day is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich, no one is poor, we've got 24 hours each.”
Christopher Rice
It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Time is a slippery thing: lose hold of it once, and its string might sail out of your hands forever.”
Anthony Doerr
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Funny time quotes to fill your day with light and laughter.
Funny time quotes add a healthy dose of humor to an otherwise serious topic. They help make topics like time and time management seem more relatable and enjoyable. They’re also perfect for when you want to lighten the mood.
Brighten someone’s day and spread positivity by using these funny time quotes in social media posts or posters. This way, you can engage and entertain your audience while conveying an important message.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.”
Anthony G. Oettinger
By faithfully working eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.”
Robert Frost
For disappearing acts, it’s hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.”
Doug Larson
No man goes before his time. Unless the boss leaves early.”
Groucho Marx
Time is a great healer, but a poor beautician.”
Lucille S. Harper
Each day a day goes by.”
Carlo Goldoni
Punctuality is the thief of time.”
Oscar Wilde
Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.”
Charles M. Schulz
Positive time quotes to lift your spirits.
Change the way you view time with the help of these positive time quotes. These offer uplifting perspectives on time and how you can best use it. Positive time quotes are also great for encouraging optimism and taking a more proactive approach to making the most out of every moment.
Make inspirational posters or banners featuring these quotes. Use your creative projects to spread positivity and motivate your audience to create meaningful moments.
Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.”
Roy T. Bennett
Need a quick pick-me-up? This beautiful quote reminds you that life is short and you shouldn’t let anger or regrets control your life’s direction.
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
Mother Teresa
It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.”
Vincent van Gogh
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
Nelson Mandela
Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”
Earl Nightingale
Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly.”
Ivan Turgenev
Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.”
Golda Meir
How to make the most out of time quotes.
Time quotes have an array of uses. Below are tips to help you best use your top picks.
- Use time quotes to help you set goals. Use your favorite time quotes to help you set short or long-term goals. They can serve as springboards that allow you to prioritize critical tasks.
- Take action. The best time quotes are great sources of inspiration and motivation. Use them as such to minimize procrastination and encourage you to seize opportunities.
- Share and discuss time quotes with loved ones. Share meaningful quotes with your loved ones or colleagues. Spark conversations that can pave the way for fresh perspectives and insights.
- Incorporate them into your journal. Time quotes can double as journal prompts. Use them to reflect on your current experiences and enrich your journaling or meditation practice.
Use Adobe Express to create projects that inspire and motivate.
With Adobe Express, it’s now easier than ever to use time quotes to make creative projects that make a positive impact. From cute cards to sweet photo collages, there’s no limit to what you can do with the beginner-friendly tools from Adobe Express. Make creative projects your way with the help of Adobe Express.
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