
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was.Rumi
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The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was.Rumi

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.Rumi

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.Rabindranath Tagore

If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact — not to be solved, but to be coped with over time.Shimon Peres

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.Paramahansa Yogananda

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.Mother Teresa

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.Gautama Buddha

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.Rabindranath Tagore

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.Kahlil Gibran

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.Jawaharlal Nehru

At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.Jawaharlal Nehru

To learn and at due times to repeat what one has learnt, is that not after all a pleasure?Confucius

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.Thich Nhat Hanh

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me.Thich Nhat Hanh

A person may be as clever as the sky, but as long as he does not write, he will be lost in history and drowned by time.Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.William Shakespeare

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.Anne Frank

It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it.Seneca

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.Leo Tolstoy

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.Nelson Mandela

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.Mark Twain

Forever is composed of nows.Emily Dickinson

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'Muhammad Ali

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for.Barack Obama

The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other's welcome.Derek Walcott

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.Rabindranath Tagore

Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river.Jorge Luis Borges

Don't give up, that's what life is: to continue the journey, to follow your dreams, to unknot time, to move the rubble and uncover the sky.Mario Benedetti

Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today.Gabriela Mistral

From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.Chief Joseph

One thing is certain, and the rest is lies; the flower that once has bloomed forever dies.Omar Khayyam

Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, "You owe me." Look what happens with a love like that: it lights the whole sky.Hafez

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.John Keats

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.Jack Ma

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.Jiddu Krishnamurti

Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.Paramahansa Yogananda

Since ancient times, who has not died? Let my loyal heart shine in the annals of history.Wen Tianxiang

Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.Gautama Buddha

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.Bruce Lee

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'C. S. Lewis

Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.Hakuin Ekaku

The future starts today, not tomorrow.John Paul II

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.Charles Dickens

There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment.Yamamoto Tsunetomo

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.Thich Nhat Hanh

For you, a thousand times over.Khaled Hosseini

It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.Lewis Carroll

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.Charles Darwin

What perishes is time; we are eternal.Sapardi Djoko Damono

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.Marie Curie
One today is worth two tomorrows.Benjamin Franklin
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.Napoleon Hill
Time is the wisest counsellor of all.Pericles
Light tomorrow with today!Elizabeth Browning
Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.Bernadette Devlin
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.Theophrastus
There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.Michelangelo
Yesterdays home runs don't win today's games.Babe Ruth
Silence is deep as Eternity, Speech is shallow as Time.Thomas Carlyle
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.John Lennon
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.Jean de la Fontaine
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.Thomas Jefferson
The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.Richard Bach
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.Bruce Lee
They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.Andy Warhol
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.Franklin Roosevelt
Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.Edwin Chapin
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.Thomas Hardy
The reason most goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.Robert McKain
Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you won't do anything with it.M. Scott Peck
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.Maureen Dowd
Everyone can taste success when the going is easy, but few know how to taste victory when times get tough.Byron Pulsifer
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.André Gide
Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.Alfred Sheinwold
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.Mother Teresa
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.Everett Dirksen
Today, give a stranger a smile without waiting for it may be the joy they need to have a great day.Byron Pulsifer
The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.Henry Miller
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.Tryon Edwards
Give it all you've got because you never know if there's going to be a next time.Danielle Ingrum
By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better and we can prepare for a better future.Thich Nhat Hanh
Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.Napoleon Hill
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.Pearl Buck
Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.Richard Bach
Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.Eknath Easwaran
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape one hundred days of sorrow.Chinese proverb
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.Napoleon Bonaparte
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.Tony Robbins
Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.Leonardo da Vinci
The beginning is always today.Mary Wollstonecraft
Look forward to spring as a time when you can start to see what nature has to offer once again.Byron Pulsifer
If you take each challenge one step at a time, with faith in every footstep, your strength and understanding will increase.James Faust
Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and…Denis Waitley
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That is why we call it the present.Babatunde Olatunji
The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.Abraham Lincoln
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.Ralph Waldo Emerson
The moment one gives close attention to anything, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.Henry Miller
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in…Margaret Laurence
You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention…Caroline Myss
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavours to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success…Henry David Thoreau
I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.Amy Tan
The most dangerous way to lose time is not to spend it having fun, but to spend it doing fake work. When you spend time having fun, you know you're…Paul Graham
A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.Chuck Norris
In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.William Blake
Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.Richard Whately
No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.Brendan Francis
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.Victor Hugo
Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.Corita Kent
All great achievements require time.Maya Angelou
If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.Thich Nhat Hanh
The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.Pema Chodron
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The time you think you're missing, misses you too.Ymber Delecto
Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by its breathtaking moments.Michael Vance
If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.Bruce Lee
It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment.Naomi Williams
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.Thornton Wilder
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.William White
Time is not a measure the length of a day or month or year but more a measure of what you have accomplished.Byron Pulsifer
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.Marcus Aurelius
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.Leonardo da Vinci
Spring is a time for rebirth and the fulfilment of new life.Byron Pulsifer
All the world is a stage, And all the men and women merely players.They have their exits and entrances; Each man in his time plays many parts.William Shakespeare
Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as time-released success.Robert Orben
Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great…David Rockefeller
The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.Anais Nin
One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.Albert Einstein
Moments of complete apathy are the best for new creations.Philip Breedveld
The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.Charles Dubois
It is never too late. Even if you are going to die tomorrow, keep yourself straight and clear and be a happy human being today.Lama Yeshe
If only wed stop trying to be happy wed have a pretty good time.Edith Wharton
Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.Mary Parrish
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted.John Lennon
Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for…Richard Bach
If you lose today, win tomorrow. In this never-ending spirit of challenge is the heart of a victor.Daisaku Ikeda
There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.Linda Hogan
Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing.Wayne Dyer
If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose.Mary Pickford
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.Brian Tracy
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.Melody Beattie
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.Rodin
Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.Deepak Chopra
The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.Jules Verne
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.F. Scott Fitzgerald
Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.Hafiz
A body of clay, a mind brimming with joy, a life of one fleeting moment — that is my introduction.Harivansh Rai Bachchan
The moment that is coming is about to slip away; if you can, live a whole lifetime within this passing moment.Gulzar
Stay a while, O traveller, if you were born in Bengal — rest a brief moment at this grave.Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?Marie Antoinette
Our house is still on fire, and your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour.Greta Thunberg
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.Warren Buffett
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.Warren Buffett
The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.Richard Branson
No one ever became a success without taking chances. One must be able to recognize the moment and seize it without delay.Estee Lauder
Success is achieved twice: once in the mind, and the second time in the real world.Azim Premji
Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing…Serena Williams
I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been like that.Lionel Messi
Dedication, hard work all the time, and belief.Cristiano Ronaldo
I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.Michael Phelps
I dedicate today this Institute — not merely a laboratory but a temple.Jagadish Chandra Bose

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.Napoleon Hill

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.Thich Nhat Hanh

How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?Tony Robbins

Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.Miyamoto Musashi

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.Mother Teresa

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.Dr. Seuss

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.Osho

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.Confucius

Life is available only in the present moment.Thich Nhat Hanh

The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.Miyamoto Musashi

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.Malcolm X

You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.Angela Davis

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time — like to have a friend takes time.Georgia O'Keeffe

New beginnings are available to all of us over fifty times a year; they are called Mondays.Byron Pulsifer

Good memories are most often created without conscious effort. These are the memories that result from those unselfish acts or behaviors that give of our time, talents or gifts without any due regard for repayment.Byron Pulsifer

Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect.Richard Bach

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a new-born child that has no name.Rabindranath Tagore

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.Kahlil Gibran

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.Kahlil Gibran

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.Thich Nhat Hanh

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.Seneca

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.Albert Schweitzer

Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.Marcus Aurelius

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.Mark Twain

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.Oprah Winfrey

Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.Leonardo da Vinci