Time has long preoccupied many thinkers, sages, and politicians, even those who didn’t focus on it exclusively.

They gave it considerable attention—Leo Tolstoy, for example. Here are 20 quotes about time that may help you

manage your time better and perhaps change your life dramatically.

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“Time is the one thing we all share, but it’s also the one thing we all use differently.” — Catherine Pulsifer.

Time is given equally to everyone: we all have 24 hours in a day. What sets us apart is the way

We use these 24 hours.

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“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” — Leo Tolstoy, *War and Peace*.

If you know when to advance and when to hold back, you have traveled half the road to success. Every successful action takes place at the right time. When you decide to

accomplish something great, you cannot do it outside of time. So you must choose the right moment and persevere through the effort until you are able to

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“Time is money.” — Benjamin Franklin

Franklin is referring to a well-known economic concept: opportunity cost. Every choice you make has a cost, and wasting time has its own

Its cost—and making the best use of it—will bring you benefits and gains.

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“Time waits for no one.”

Since time gone by can never be recovered or renewed, this is all the more reason to make the most of every minute. Otherwise,

you’ll waste your life on things that don’t matter.

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“Lost time is never found again.” — Benjamin Franklin

That’s roughly the meaning of the quote above. But the point here isn’t to lament or regret what’s past—that is, the time you’ve wasted—but rather to

Wisdom lies in making the most of what lies ahead and making up for what has been lost. If you made a mistake in the past and can still set things right, do so

now, before things get worse.

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“Time is the most valuable thing a person can spend.” — Theophrastus

Your most valuable asset is your time—it is your life. Think carefully about how you spend it.

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“Time is the wisest counselor of all.” — Pericles

Pericles’ famous words were spoken as a warning to Tolmides, the young Athenian general who planned to invade Boeotia and ultimately failed

Because Pericles’ words went unheard, his army suffered a crushing defeat, and he died in battle. This quote warns against decisions

made too quickly and poor judgment caused by failing to take the time to think things through.

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“The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.” — Stephen R. Covey.

You can spend time on things that are useful or unproductive, but if you call it an “investment,” you’ll certainly invest it

in something that has value and meaning to you.

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“Punctuality is the thief of time.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Don’t assume Oscar Wilde is joking when he says this; he’s actually pointing to a real problem. That’s why we included his quote here.

Among 20 quotes about time: when you put effort into making someone else more comfortable (such as hurrying because someone is waiting for you), you’re giving up

time you could spend doing more enjoyable things.

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“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it.” — Harvey Mackay

Time is bound to be spent; the question is how you spend or invest it. Since no one can hold on to time,

we should make the most of it before it slips through our fingers.

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“The trouble is, you think you have time.” — Jack Kornfield.

This is the tragedy of all procrastinators: they always imagine there will be time to get something done later. But when the time they imagined finally comes,

they’re burdened with new tasks.

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“Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings.” — John Updike.

Moments are fleeing thieves, adept at slipping through our fingers. So we must ensnare them in work; the only thing that

ensures time doesn’t slip away is to spend it working.

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“Time makes all things pass.” — Aeschylus.

This is both a good and a bad thing. Time takes care of everything bad, but it also lets beautiful moments slip away.

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“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.” — Dion Boucicault

Time kills those who do nothing, but it is a friend to the diligent. That’s the equation, then.

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“Time is the thief that is never pursued by the law.” — Napoleon I.

That is because time’s destiny is to pass—to perish. Time comes to an end with the end of our personal lives, and with the end of life as a whole. It is like us.

Doomed to perish and pass away.

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“The future is uncertain, but the end is always near.” — Jim Morrison

Rule nothing out, and don’t put things off—the end is always near.

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“Time takes everything, whether you want it to or not.” — Stephen King

So the wise thing to do is make the most of this time before it steals your life and everything you have.

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“Time is a storm in which we are all lost.” — William Carlos Williams

How we weather this storm determines whether we survive it.

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“Everyone has the gift of time, but few know how to use it.” — Mark Soni.

We must understand the value of time before we can consider it a gift to be used.

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“Time is the teacher of those with no teacher.” — Arab proverb.

Even if you stop learning, time will teach you lessons sooner or later. It is the test against which every claim is measured.

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Here are 20 quotes about time that could change your life for the better. Take another look at them and consider what you do with your time.

Before it passes and there’s nothing you can do to get it back.