Quotes about time
261 quotes from 169 people
Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
Sophocles496–406 BCFrg. 301 TrGF (Bartlett’s, 9th ed., 1892)The truth, for time alone reveals the just;
A villain is detected in a day.
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892Faith’s Checkbook (1888), entry for June 22.We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
Adlai Stevenson II1900–1965Speech, Richmond, Virginia (20 September 1952)My revenge is just begun! I spread it over centuries, and time is on my side.
Eternity’s a terrible thought. I mean, where’s it all going to end?
Tom Stoppard1937–2025Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966), p. 71Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Rabindranath Tagore1861–1941The Gardener (1915), 45
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 8What fools call “wasting time” is most often the best investment.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 24
Nikola Tesla1856–1943“A Visit to Nikola Tesla” by Dragislav L. Petković, Politika (April 1927)Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Dylan Thomas1914–1953Fern Hill (1946), St. 6
