“People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.”
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“Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ.”
“To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead.”
“Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, don't sit in the dark hiding. It's easy to hide and shout and waste people's time.”
“We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful.”
“We die only once, and for such a long time.”
“Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.”
“It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.”
“My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they haven't elected a new one. There's no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I don't miss it.”
“A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.”
“People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.”
“Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.”
“They're trying to tell us that we're not right, so we have to buy their products. The number one cause of mental illness is not knowing who you are and you can't know who you are if you don't spend time honoring yourself, and living in the present.”
“At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.”
“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning.”
“I try to keep it real. I don't have time to worry about what I'm projecting to the world. I'm just busy being myself.”
“Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.”
“It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.”
“Everything comes in time to those who can wait.”
“Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.”
“Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.”
“I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.”
“A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.”
“Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.”