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- Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.
- Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984), An Unfinished Woman, 1969
- Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.
- Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
- The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!'
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
- One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
- Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
- He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Journal, February 11, 1840
- My object all sublime I shall achieve in time...
- W. S. Gilbert (1836 - 1911), The Mikado, 1885
- Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.
- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, 'A Woman of Independent Means'
- Every big problem was at one time a wee disturbance.
- Unknown
- Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
- Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you only have to be patient and wait for them to self destruct. It never fails.
- Richard Rybolt
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