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"Today is tomorrow's stepping stone, but for the wise it is a ladder."

"Today is tomorrow's stepping stone, but for the wise it is a ladder."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Time, Wisdom, Preparation, Opportunity

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"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Time, End, Exploration, First

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"Don't run against time go hand in hand."

"Don't run against time go hand in hand."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Time, Life, Flow, Journey

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"If mankind was playing a baseball game, he would still be choosing his lineup after the game was over."

"If mankind was playing a baseball game, he would still be choosing his lineup after the game was over."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

Time, Procrastination, Planning, Human

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"You left yesterday hoping to see tomorrow and you shall surely see today so far us you have life. Mind and man what is in today and make today the solid foundation for tomorrow. Focus on what tomorrow brings and let yesterday be yesterday. If there are lessons to learn from yesterday, don't neglect them and don't be crippled by the negativity of yesterday; only use them as the best panacea and antidote to the 'had I knows' of tomorrow you are yet to meet!"

"You left yesterday hoping to see tomorrow and you shall surely see today so far us you have life. Mind and man what is in today and make today the solid foundation for tomorrow. Focus on what tomorrow brings and let yesterday be yesterday. If there are lessons to learn from yesterday, don't neglect them and don't be crippled by the negativity of yesterday; only use them as the best panacea and antidote to the 'had I knows' of tomorrow you are yet to meet!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Time, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Life

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"Time unfolds beauty, wonder, and mystery to reveal the auspicious tapestry of life."

"Time unfolds beauty, wonder, and mystery to reveal the auspicious tapestry of life."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Time, Beauty, Mystery, Life

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"If the past was what we were meant to see, then behind, not in front, our eyes would be."

"If the past was what we were meant to see, then behind, not in front, our eyes would be."

R.V.M., Indian Author

Time, Past, Future, Vision, Perception

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"Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them."

"Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Time, Children, Parents

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"Yesterday says, "Forget me, but learn from me. " Today says, "Embrace me, yet utilize me." Tomorrow says, "Anticipate me, then prepare for me."

"Yesterday says, "Forget me, but learn from me. " Today says, "Embrace me, yet utilize me." Tomorrow says, "Anticipate me, then prepare for me."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Time, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Reflection

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"Tomorrow is tomorrow and today is today. Tomorrow will come and we shall still say today. Worry not yourself about tomorrow but today! Plan your tomorrow today and tomorrow will never be a regretful yesterday for you. Those who least plan their tomorrow today always meet tomorrow and still live in yesterday."

"Tomorrow is tomorrow and today is today. Tomorrow will come and we shall still say today. Worry not yourself about tomorrow but today! Plan your tomorrow today and tomorrow will never be a regretful yesterday for you. Those who least plan their tomorrow today always meet tomorrow and still live in yesterday."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Time, Tomorrow, Today, Regret

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"Kresh kept silent beside me as Baron rehearsed his deadly plan. I listened with my eyes aimed at the horizon, witnessing the night consume a final red vein of daylight. It struck me that nightfall always drowned the sunset. Never did the sun resurface from where it sank, nor would it ever."

"Kresh kept silent beside me as Baron rehearsed his deadly plan. I listened with my eyes aimed at the horizon, witnessing the night consume a final red vein of daylight. It struck me that nightfall always drowned the sunset. Never did the sun resurface from where it sank, nor would it ever."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Time, Truth, Life, Inspirational, Wisdom

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"In the beauty of the mornings we forget about the night; in the beauty of the night we forget about the mornings! When you meet the beauty, you drop anchor in the present time and all other times disappear from your mind!"

"In the beauty of the mornings we forget about the night; in the beauty of the night we forget about the mornings! When you meet the beauty, you drop anchor in the present time and all other times disappear from your mind!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Time, Present, Beauty, Wisdom, Truth

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"The best time is always yesterday."

"The best time is always yesterday."

Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian Author

Time, Yesterday

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"Time well-spent is life well-lived."

"Time well-spent is life well-lived."

Rajen Jani, Indian Author

Time, Life, Choice, Action

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"Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome."

"Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Time, People, Entertainment, Television

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"We are opening up an enormous new era in archaeology. Time capsules in the deep oceans."

"We are opening up an enormous new era in archaeology. Time capsules in the deep oceans."

John F. Lehman, Jr., American Businessman

Time, Deep, Oceans

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"Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel."

"Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"Huang Sung turned to the master and asked, "Master, will it come to pass?"The master looked up into the sky and then turned to Huang Sung, "When the sky is red from our tears and the earth is blackened by the ashes of our forefathers and then, when we look inwards to where our hearts once were, then we shall know that it has come to pass, but not in the time allotted to man."From a book that I am writing, called, "The Teachings of Huang Sung."

"Huang Sung turned to the master and asked, "Master, will it come to pass?"The master looked up into the sky and then turned to Huang Sung, "When the sky is red from our tears and the earth is blackened by the ashes of our forefathers and then, when we look inwards to where our hearts once were, then we shall know that it has come to pass, but not in the time allotted to man."From a book that I am writing, called, "The Teachings of Huang Sung."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

Time, Future, Truth, Life

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"Our essential humanity is dependent upon humankind's ability to join the past and the future with the present. Recollections and future projections grant us the ability to cogitate, analyze, and evaluate. Contrasting memories enable us to ascertain what is true and false, and determine what is charming, attractive, stunning, or sublime. Remembrance of the past serves to comfort us, awareness of the future offers us hope, while our dutiful engagement in the present is capable of arresting our complete attention."

"Our essential humanity is dependent upon humankind's ability to join the past and the future with the present. Recollections and future projections grant us the ability to cogitate, analyze, and evaluate. Contrasting memories enable us to ascertain what is true and false, and determine what is charming, attractive, stunning, or sublime. Remembrance of the past serves to comfort us, awareness of the future offers us hope, while our dutiful engagement in the present is capable of arresting our complete attention."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Time, Humanity, Past, Future, Present

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"We not only romanticize the future; we have also made it into a growth industry, a parlor game and a disaster movie all at the same time."

"We not only romanticize the future; we have also made it into a growth industry, a parlor game and a disaster movie all at the same time."

Eugene Kennedy, American Psychologist

Time, Growth, Disaster, Future

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"On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen."

"On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Time, People, Clothes, Hair

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"I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also that has that challenge for me to play - a different kind of role, a different type of character, a different time period."

"I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also that has that challenge for me to play - a different kind of role, a different type of character, a different time period."

Kathy Bates, American Actress

Time, Love, Character, Challenge

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"No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do."

"No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do."

George W. Bush, American President

Time, Thought, Feeling, Weapons

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"The artists realise it will take time. It is an upliftment process."

"The artists realise it will take time. It is an upliftment process."

Eddy Grant, Guyanese Musician

Time, Artists, Will

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"Haida stopped and glanced at the clock on the wall. Then he looked at Tsukuru. He was, of course, Haida the son, but Haida the father has been the same age in his story, and so the two of them began to overlap in Tsukuru's mind. It was an odd sensation, as if the two distinct temporalities had blended into one. Maybe it wasn't the father who had experienced this, but the son. Maybe Haida was just relating it as if his father had experienced it, when in reality he was the one who had. Tsukuru couldn't shake this illusion."

"Haida stopped and glanced at the clock on the wall. Then he looked at Tsukuru. He was, of course, Haida the son, but Haida the father has been the same age in his story, and so the two of them began to overlap in Tsukuru's mind. It was an odd sensation, as if the two distinct temporalities had blended into one. Maybe it wasn't the father who had experienced this, but the son. Maybe Haida was just relating it as if his father had experienced it, when in reality he was the one who had. Tsukuru couldn't shake this illusion."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Time, Identity, Memory, Father

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"The future is a hundred thousand threads, but the past is a fabric that can never be rewoven."

"The future is a hundred thousand threads, but the past is a fabric that can never be rewoven."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Time, Future, Past, Fate

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"Without time, you have only the bottomless, shapeless mire of eternity....Time is what gives life significance."

"Without time, you have only the bottomless, shapeless mire of eternity....Time is what gives life significance."

J.R. Ward, American Author

Time, Significance, Life, Truth

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"Yesterday was good, but let us dream and work hard to make tomorrow even better."

"Yesterday was good, but let us dream and work hard to make tomorrow even better."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Time, Yesterday, Dream, Tomorrow, Better

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"Time management is reactive, whereas time strategy is proactive."

"Time management is reactive, whereas time strategy is proactive."

Amber Hurdle, American Author

Time, Strategy, Focus, Planning

12

"The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time."

"The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

Time, Man, Pain, Passion

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"Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings."

"Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings."

Kathy Bates, American Actress

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"I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: "Checkout Time is 18 years.""

"I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: "Checkout Time is 18 years.""

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Time, Children, Years

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"You're one of the most natural, great singers I've heard in a long time."

"You're one of the most natural, great singers I've heard in a long time."

Randy Jackson, American Musician

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"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

George Orwell, British Author

Time, Truth, Act, Deceit

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"A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space."

"A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space."

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

Time, Deals, Destruction, Flying

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"I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable."

"I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Time, Style, Writer

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"It's not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it."

"It's not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Time, Life, Waste, Awareness

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"What more can we require? Nothing but time."

"What more can we require? Nothing but time."

James Hutton, Scottish Scientist

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"Isn't time the only one true god? It makes and breaks."

"Isn't time the only one true god? It makes and breaks."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Time, God, Control, Life

12

"I quit comics because I got completely sick of it. I was drawing comics all the time and didn't have the time or energy to do anything else. That got to me in the end."

"I quit comics because I got completely sick of it. I was drawing comics all the time and didn't have the time or energy to do anything else. That got to me in the end."

Julie Doucet, Canadian Artist

Time, End, Energy

12

"That's when I realized that certain moments go on forever. Even after they're over they still go on, even after you're dead and buried, those moments are lasting still, backward and forward, on into infinity. They are everything and everywhere all at once."

"That's when I realized that certain moments go on forever. Even after they're over they still go on, even after you're dead and buried, those moments are lasting still, backward and forward, on into infinity. They are everything and everywhere all at once."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Time, Moment, Infinity, Memory

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"People ask me if I ever see my father and I say yes, because he puts in the effort. He calls all the time to tell us he's proud of us."

"People ask me if I ever see my father and I say yes, because he puts in the effort. He calls all the time to tell us he's proud of us."

Jenna Bush, American Celebrity

Time, Father, People, Effort

12

"It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral."

"It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

Time, Being, Taste

12

"It takes not a few centuries, or even millenniums, but millions of years for a subtle evolutionary change to become noticeable."

"It takes not a few centuries, or even millenniums, but millions of years for a subtle evolutionary change to become noticeable."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Time, Evolution, Truth, Wisdom, Future

12

"It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it."

"It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Time, Shame, Life, Waste

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"Time is the only critic without ambition."

"Time is the only critic without ambition."

John Steinbeck, American Author

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"Time is on its eternal journey at the same time it is motionless, emotionless and standing still."

"Time is on its eternal journey at the same time it is motionless, emotionless and standing still."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Time, Motionless, Journey

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"The day, like all good days, passed far too quickly."

"The day, like all good days, passed far too quickly."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Time, Day, Moment, Experience

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"Making good use of our limited time - the limited time from birth to death, as well as our limited time each day - is the key to developing inner steadiness and calm."

"Making good use of our limited time - the limited time from birth to death, as well as our limited time each day - is the key to developing inner steadiness and calm."

Pema Chodron, American Author

Time, Peace, Focus, Life

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"If you have one eye on yesterday and one eye on tomorrow you're going to be cockeyed today."

"If you have one eye on yesterday and one eye on tomorrow you're going to be cockeyed today."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Time, Past, Future, Today, Focus

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