Browse our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous Time sayings and Time Quotes - Chapter 5
Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.
God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.
As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.
With each new day in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stirs and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastest gazelle or starve. It's no different for the human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you have to run faster than others to survive.
The right man, in the right place, at the right time, can steal millions.
You live in the image you have of the world. Every one of us lives in a different world, with different space and different time.
Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don't support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck.
Change is a continuous process. You cannot assess it with the static yardstick of a limited time frame. When a seed is sown into the ground, you cannot immediately see the plant. You have to be patient. With time, it grows into a large tree. And then the flowers bloom, and only then can the fruits be plucked.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
I think it's important for us as a society to remember that the youth within juvenile justice systems are, most of the time, youths who simply haven't had the right mentors and supporters around them - because of circumstances beyond their control.
I think we all have our own personality, unique and distinctive, and at the same time, I think that our own unique and distinctive personality blends with the wind, with the footsteps in the street, with the noises around the corner, and with the silence of memory, which is the great producer of ghosts.
The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.
I'm just here for good times, man. I want people to have the best time ever. Especially if they're around me.
There's no time for regrets. You've just got to keep moving forward.
FOMO (fear of missing out) is the enemy of valuing your own time.
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings.
I grind and I graft, but I will make sure that I get that time off here and there to unwind and relax and have a life.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.
I have moments where I miss my old self. But I think anyone can get caught up in what we used to have. But at the same time, we can choose to focus on the beauty of now.
Through consciousness, our minds have the power to change our planet and ourselves. It is time we heed the wisdom of the ancient indigenous people and channel our consciousness and spirit to tend the garden and not destroy it.
If something's important to you, you make time for it.
Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.
It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.
The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.
Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life,' which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite, because it's about a guy who wants to commit suicide and is presented with reasons not to.
Life is about growth and exploration, not achieving a fixed state of balance. You have a very limited time on earth to experience all that you can. Figuring out how to squeeze the most out of your family, work, and spirituality is your life's purpose. Go do it.
I find that it's best to take one step at a time and cross each bridge as they come to you.
I take time to open up with people. But once I know you, I'm fine. I'm a shy person.
Something is better than nothing. Doin' anything for a man, there's investments involved, there's time and production. It's better to give him ten bucks and get a record out than to never record the cat.
Everything is a learning process: any time you fall over, it's just teaching you to stand up the next time.
The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.
When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.
We're all so busy we don't make time to enjoy our lives, good company and good food.
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
Time flies like an arrow - but fruit flies like a banana.
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
The industrial revolution allowed us, for the first time, to start replacing human labour with machines.
Time flies really quickly. It feels like only a few months ago that I was traded over here and started my career as a Cub in 2013.
History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is a compass they use to find themselves on the map of human geography. It tells them where they are but, more importantly, what they must be.
It's so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health.
I don't have to prove myself to anyone. People know what I'm capable of. I've spent a long time in this game.
Love is a strange emotion. It is ever evolving. Lust is transient. With time, one realizes that love and togetherness are two different things. Very few people are lucky enough to experience the two emotions simultaneously.
I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.

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