108 Time Quotes

Let these time quotes remind you that each day is a gift and every moment is worth using well.

"Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend."
Theophrastus

Updated March 14, 2026, by Catherine Pulsifer.

Time is something we all wish we had more of, yet each of us is given the same twenty four hours each day. How we use those hours can shape our peace, our priorities, and our sense of purpose. When we use time wisely, we often find greater satisfaction in life and fewer regrets.

These time quotes offer thoughtful reminders about making the most of today, valuing the people around us, and not wasting what cannot be replaced. You may also be inspired by these poems about time.

... make the necessary changes so you can have that peace and balance in life and spend your time where you are most comfortable, wanted, and appreciated. Brenton J. Segler, Finding Balance in Life
Poems Of Encouragement

Never look back. - Waste no time over failures. Unknown, Seven Good Rules
Christian Poems

Friendship is a bond that grows with time, a treasure that's rare and hard to find Catherine Pulsifer, Friendship Is A Bond
Friendship Poems

"Your age tells me how long you have lasted but not what you have made of the precious time you have been given." Oriah Mountain Dream, The Invitation
Birthday Poems

Time spent in my garden is worth every minute Kate Summers
Garden Poems

Your alone time will serve as your intrapersonal therapy. Christ Lewis; Laura Lewis, Organize Your Mind in 24 Hours!
Inspirational Poems

As grandparents, we know how fast children grow, time goes quickly, it won't last. Catherine Pulsifer, Grandchildren Bring
Poems About Grandchildren

Another year, another birthday - oh, how time does slip away. Catherine Pulsifer, Another Year
Funny Birthday Poems

Time, with a face like mystery...sits at the loom with its arm outspread, to catch in its meshes each glancing thread. Eben E. Rexford, The Loom Of Life
The Weaver Poem

Life sees time moving on, with its ceaseless flight Catherine Pulsifer, Time Keeps Moving On
Funny Poems About Life

Daylight saving time we embrace. A moment in the year's grand scheme, when time's touch ushers in a radiant beam. Catherine Pulsifer, Daylight Saving Time
March Poems

Think of all that lies ahead, make the most of it time you've been fed Catherine Pulsifer, What A Great Day
Good Morning Poems

Retirement is...time for you to enjoy family and friends and not be concerned about the latest trends. Catherine Pulsifer, Pot Of Gold
Retirement Poems

Grandparents provide love and care, giving their time for the grandchild fair. Catherine Pulsifer, Grandparents Provide
Grandparents Poems

Time sure has flown by so fast, on this momentous day at last. Catherine Pulsifer, Seventy-Five Years
75th Birthday Poems

Though distance may grow and time may pass, our bond will remain strong our friendship will last. Catherine Pulsifer, We Bid Adieu
Saying Goodbye Poem

You give of your time unselfishly - always smiling and friendly. Catherine Pulsifer, A Privilege
Thank You Poems

Time's a resource we cannot replace - use each one wisely; don't leave to waste. Catherine Pulsifer, 30 Days of April
April Poems

It happens before you know - the years fly by and then you're old. Catherine Pulsifer, Old
Funny Poems About Aging

Also remember this - you can never regret the time that is spent in doing something positive but you can sure regret it if you don't take the plunge." Zayne Parker, Confidence: Simple Confidence Building Tips
Positive Poems

Tomorrow might come to pass, today put off is what I say alas! Use time wisely, that I should do Catherine Pulsifer, Procrastinator - That's Me
Funny Poems

Time flies by, but the moments are ours, live today, from tomorrow, don't borrow. Catherine Pulsifer, Time Flys By
Enjoy Life Poems

Do not look back with regret or ponder what life might have been like. Don't waste time sitting and wondering was it possible for success to strike? Catherine Pulsifer, Don't Wallow In Ifs
Poems About Regret

Time it's something we can not replace, don't let procrastination be your fate Catherine Pulsifer, Time Can't Be Replaced
Poems About Procrastination

The days may be fleeting, but time is ours to use Catherine Pulsifer, A New Beginning
January Poems

February will pass us by so fast, let's make every moment worthwhile to last. Febuary's the time to show we care spread warmth and love everywhere. Catherine Pulsifer, The Shortest Month
February Poems

Where Love resides there is no 'Time' as such gentle and true its own eternal touch Jaymac, Where Love Resides...
Short Love Poems

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back. Author Unknown
Quotes About Helping Hand

For time flies faster than a hummingbird's wings, and moments carved in joy offer true peace. Catherine Pulsifer, Time Flies Fast
August Poems

Happy birthday Grandpa, time sure does fly - your age continues to climb as the years go by. Naughtiness and laughter are no surprise as you’ve been causing mischief way past your rise. Catherine Pulsifer, An Awesome Year Ahead
Birthday Poems For Grandpa

Don't waste away those winter days - get out and find some play Catherine Pulsifer, Get Out
Winter Poems

Time is the wisest of all the forces of nature. Khalid Masood
Nature Poems

Your twenties are behind you, the clock is ticking fast. Can't believe you're thirty, that went by so quick, the past! Catherine Pulsifer, The Clock Is Ticking Fast
Turning 30 Poems

Time's relentless march has swiftly passed leaving me pondering moments that slipped so fast. Catherine Pulsifer, Where Did The Time Go
Grown-Up Poem

We all deserve to be happy but there are times of emptiness - keep moving on; time is a friend Catherine Pulsifer, Good To End
Goodbye Poems For Lovers

Our time together I would never trade. As we go our separate ways may God bless you, I pray. Catherine Pulsifer, God Bless You
Goodbye Poems For A Friend

Time has flown on wings so swift, high school graduation made us shift. Catherine Pulsifer, Mixed Feelings
Graduation Poems for High School

As student, as teacher, as man. - The seasons so quickly have flown; the cycles of time swiftly ran Bernhart Paul Holst, Life
Poems About Life

Reading aloud with our kids is indeed the best use of our time and energy as parents. It's more important than just about anything else we can do. Sarah Mackenzie, The Read-Aloud Family
Book Quotes

Our cares are bold and push their way upon our thought and feeling. They hang about us all the day, our time from pleasure stealing. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Tanksgiving Chorus
Thanksgiving Poems

Respect time, you only have 24 hours in a day and no one is guaranteed tomorrow! Catherine Pulsifer
Respect Quotes

"Change is of life a part." The flow of time reveals its power below. M. C. L., Change Is Of Life a Part
Poems on Change In Life

This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Every Day
Thanksgiving Poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The most precious things a father can provide are time, attention, and love. Tim Russert
Fathers Day Inspirational Poems

The hours slip away each day, filled with haste and much dismay. Left waiting on events past due, stress soon should start to brew. Catherine Pulsifer, Strain of Procrastination
Poems About Stress

The gift of time is precious - Time can not be purchased. Catherine Pulsifer, Christmas Is Gifts
What Is Christmas Poems

Christmas comes but once a year - a time to spend with those who are dear
Christmas Verses

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. Peg Bracken
Christmas Poems

Time is, hands down, our most coveted, most unrenewable resource. Brene Brown, Dare to Lead
Short Quotes

With the arrival of February, hearts bloom like flowers, and in the march of time, we find the strength to turn our dreams into reality. Amber R. Treeman
March Quotes

Over time our relationship has endured it all giving us a strength that will never fall. Catherine Pulsifer, As We Age Together
Happy Birthday Poems To My Love

Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it. Trey Parker
Goodbye Quotes

Another birthday is here, it is hard to believe - the time has gone by so fast, hard to believe another year. Catherine Pulsifer, Hard To Believe
Happy Birthday Poems Daughter

The time is always right to do what is right. Martin Luther King Jr.
Encouragment Quotes

You always make time for me Helping me to become all that I can be. Catherine Pulsifer, Merry Christmas Teacher
Christmas Poems for Teachers

Time has left its lines of care on the brow once crowned with gold; yes, old Time is bearing onward down the stream my little bark Lucy M. Lewis, Cherished Memories
Poems About Memories

If I had the time to find a place and sit me down full face to face - with my better self that stands no show in my daily life that rushes so. Richard Burton, If We Had The Time
Motivational Poems

The man who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life; while the man who is destined to success is the man who makes time live by making it useful. Arthur Brisbane
Funny Quotes About Life

Waste not moments nor your words in telling what you could do. Some other time; the present is for doing what you should do. Phoebe Cary, No Time Like The Present
Poems About Perseverance

Pick up a book that could open the door always make time to read each day you will learn lots on the way. Catherine Pulsifer, Show Us Many Things
Quotes about Reading

Always make time to read each day - you will learn lots on the way. Catherine Pulsifer, Show Us Many Things
Poems About Books

As time passes by, memories may fade but our love's essence will never evade. Catherine Pulsifer, As Time Passes By
Remember Our Love Poems

I firmly believe God continues to answer the prayers of His people even after He has taken them to heaven. Never forget that God isn’t bound by time the way we are. We see only the present moment; God sees everything. We see only part of what He is doing; He sees it all. Billy Graham
Short Prayers

You must not waste your one day here. When the sun shines, you let it shine on you. Snow is always waiting. Gayle Forman
Quotes About The Snow

Goodbyes can be so hard...but time has a way of healing things - life has more hello's to bring. Catherine Pulsifer, Goodbye Forever
Goodbye Poems

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time Morgan Freeman
Kindness Poems

Time is now yours to spend as you please - you can relax and enjoy your days with ease Catherine Pulsifer, Time Is Yours
Retirement Wishes

Today in thought, I wait the end, and wish that time might go more slow or, better still begin again indeed, in truth, I hate to go. E. Dandurand, A Senior's Lament
Graduation Poems

All Tomorrows are Yesterdays not yet arrived. Will Tommorrows' intentions be fulfilled or deprived? Unknown, Yesterdays
Poems For Teenagers

For though life is long, we live it just a moment at a time. Nixon Waterman, Just This Minute
Be Inspired

Beneath the work of time and tears waits something that will not grow old. Unknown, Will Not Grow Old
Poems On Aging

Time is ever on the wing, fast our moments fly away John Imrie, A Birthday Greeting
Religious Birthday Poems

I like that time is marked by each sunrise and sunset whether or not you actually see it. Catherine Opie
Sunset Quotes

Time is always on your side if you work with it instead of against it. Lynda Field, Weekend Life Coach
Inspirational Quotes

Promotion comes to him ...who watches neither clock nor sun to tell him when his task is done Edgar A. Guest, Promotion
Poems About Work

Swiftly glides Time's river onward, never backward does it flow; Elsie E. Egermeier, Sunset On The Blackhawk
Poems About Sunset

I have Today — a gracious gift — ornate with four and twenty golden hours that shine...and this is mine to use and cherish as I wend my way, Ida Mingus Clay, Today
Poems For Women

The day is this, the time is now; no better hour was ever here: who waits upon the when and how remains forever in the rear. Wilbur D. Nesbitt, Make This A Day
Poems About The Future

And I wove the thing to a random rhyme - for the Rose is Beauty, the Gardener Time. Austin Dobson, Beauty And Time
Rose Poems

Oh, Father Time, but stay thy speed and bring us back once more to life's fair days of spring! Howard Carleton Tripp, Yes, We Are Growing Old
I Love You More Poems

Some things take time, we find so just be patient and keep faith till this is all behind! Unknown, Patience Is A Flower That Grows
Patience Poem

This is a story about a man who had a short lifespan but what he did with his time we couldn't imagine in our prime. Catherine Pulsifer, See You In Heaven?
Poems About The Bible

When you start perceiving time as a valuable asset, you will be motivated to not waste it. James Nelson, Time Management
Motivational Quotes

Time is a precious commodity. I refuse to allow what little time I have to be contaminated by self-pity, anxiety, or boredom. Max Lucado
Quotes About Anxiety

We can't choose whether we will get any more time, but we can choose what we do with it. John C. Maxwell, The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player
Life Quotes

Stepping back from consumerism seems to be the first real step one can take towards a truly joyful holiday season. Cut back on spending and spend more of what’s meaningful with your family: time. Johan Ramakers, Celebrate the Holidays with Frugal Flair
Christmas Messages

There's a time to run and a time to walk; there's a time for silence, a time for talk Alden Arthur Knipe, Time For Everything
Poems For Kids

Fishing is not about the fish, it’s the time spent together catching them Unknown
Poems About Fishing

Self-care ... means deliberately taking the time to take care of my inner self as much as I do my outer self ... Jennifer Ashton, The Self-Care Solution
Take Care Of Yourself Quotes

Whether you are an employee, a couch potato, or an athlete, the most important part of time management is sleep. Richard Carroll, Time Management
Quotes to Live By

God's plans, like lilies, pure and white unfold.we must not tear the close-shut leaves apart; time will reveal the hidden cups of gold. Mary Louise Riley Smith, Sometime
Happy Thanksgiving Quotes

Your subconscious mind is programmed by your thoughts and is incredibly powerful in drawing what you think about most of the time to your life. Andrii Sedniev, The Achievement Factory
Positive Thoughts

Don't waste your time in longing for bright, impossible things...but brighten some bit of darkness by shining just where you are. John Hay, Shine Just Where You Are
Positive Quotes

Vacations are to be a time where relaxation is found - a time for us all to rewind and recharge our minds. Catherine Pulsifer, Look Forward
Poems About Vacation

Proper investments of time and energy in goal-setting can help you aim at a good end result through each decision. Kennedth Dino, The 12 Commandments: A Guide For Entrepreneurs
Decision Quotes

It doesn't matter how successful you are or how much money you make, we all have the same amount of time and when it is gone it is gone. Catherine Pulsifer
Poems About Money

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Kahlil Gibran
Quotes about Giving

I won't waste time on the things that I can not change! I won't waste time trying to change. Grant Ngobean
Positive Quotes About Change

While days are getting shorter and flies are dancing their last, life enters into its final quarter how the time is passing so fast Zivan Vujcic, Autumn
Autumn Poems

"You waste time and energy telling yourself stupid, untrue affirmations and believing in nonsense." Cara Stein, How To Be Happy
Believe Quotes

NOW is the time - don't leave it to later. Stephen Hall, Emotional Mastery
Attitude Quotes

"Oftentimes, you need to streamline the different processes in your life so that you can focus your time, effort and resources on your goals." Nick Bell, Organize Yourself Starting Today!
Goals Quotes

At any given moment in time, we have the power to transform ourselves and be whoever we want to be. Tina Sloan, Changing Shoes
Poems About Change

My flower garden brings such pleasure, time and love I do invest. Catherine Pulsifer, Such Pleasure
Flower Garden Poem

In my garden, I work away, time passes quickly but I enjoy working there Catherine Pulsifer, I Work Away
In My Garden Poem

"Research suggests that the more time you spend with your child, the stronger your bonds become, especially when you do problem-solving activities together." Aidin Safavi, Homeschooling
Children Quotes

Oh! live not alone for one sunny day, for time's on wings, and will soon fly away. Mary C. Ryan
Oh! The Flowers

Envy is a waste of time. Author Unknown
Poems

Conclusion

Time has a way of teaching us what matters most. We hope these quotes have encouraged you to value each day, to use your moments wisely, and to appreciate the people and blessings in your life. And if you are looking for even more thoughtful words on this topic, be sure to visit our second page of time quotes.

Time Quotes Page 2

"Lost time is never found again."
Benjamin Franklin