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Are you wasting your time?


"Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Ephesians 5:15-17 English Standard Version (ESV)

"So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom." Psalm 90:12 English Standard Version (ESV)

30 Best Time Quotes

1. “A man who dares waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” – Charles Darwin

2. “You may delay, but time will not.” – Benjamin Franklin

3. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

4. “Time is money.” – Benjamin Franklin

5. “Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.” – Samuel Smiles

6. “My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.” – Steve Jobs

7. “Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” – Carl Sandburg

8. “Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.” – Theophrastus

9. “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.” – Benjamin Franklin

10. “Lost time is never found again.” – Benjamin Franklin

11. “Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn

12. “Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.” – Michael LeBoeuf

13. “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” – William Penn

14. “The trouble is, you think you have time.” – Buddha

15. “The way we spend our time defines who we are.” – Jonathan Estrin

16. “There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.” – Brian Tracy

17. “Time is the longest distance between two places.” – Tennessee Williams

18. “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michael Angelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

19. “Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.” – Charles Richards

20. “Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.” – Roger Babson

21. “Worry is a total waste of time. It doesn’t change anything. All it does is steal your joy and keep you very busy doing nothing.” – Unknown

22. “Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.” – Leonardo Da Vinci

23. “Procrastination is the thief of time.” – Edward Young

24. “People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.” – John Wanamaker

25. “We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.” – John F. Kennedy

26. “Time does not change us. It just unfolds us.” – Max Frisch

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

28. “Time is the wisest counsellor of all.” – Pericles

29. “Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare.” – Thomas Fuller

30. “Time is a physician which heals every grief.” – Diphilus

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