When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.

Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

Return telephone calls promptly but be judicious about the time spent on the phone.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

What's past and what's to come is strew'd with husks And formless ruin of oblivion.

Psychologically time is seldom homogenous but rather is as full of shapes as space.

Time itself is our tragedy and most of us are fighting some kind of war against it.

The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.

Many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak.

It is not the strengths, but the durations of great sentiments that make great men.

There is always a comforting thought in time of trouble when it is not our trouble.

It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Time has no dominion over love. Love is the one thing that transcends time. (Bones)

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

Time never bears such moments on his wing as when he flies too swiftly to be marked.

And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.

Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.

We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.

Life has been very hard on me, but, at the same time, it has taught me a great deal.

Figure out where you're going before you go there: he was told that a long time ago.

We need time to dream, time to remember, and time to reach the infinite. Time to be.

Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men.

For time is inches And the heart's changes, Where ghost has haunted Lost and wanted.

The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.

What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?

The Renaissance was a time of mercenary soldiers, ours is a time of mercenary labor.

You can't buy time or save it, common idioms notwithstanding. You can only spend it.

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

There's an assumption that because I'm an artist, I've got all the time in the world.

The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive.

Clary: "Aren't they supposed to be hiring someone else to train me full-time anyway?"

Time, as he passes us, has a dove's wing, Unsoil'd, and swift, and of a silken sound.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Time doth run with calm and silent foot, Shortening my days and thread of vital life.

There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.

For God's sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself!

Jewels five-words-long, That on the stretch'd forefinger of all Time Sparkle forever.

Through the cold time she holds me with evergreen devotion she bears up my whiteness.

A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.

A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year.

Youthful days are longer than those of later years, as we all learn as we grow older.

Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

Your definition of who you are is your prison. You can set yourself free at any time.

In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

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