Time Quotes
Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.~ English Proverb
A chicken you eat only once — eggs a hundred times.~ Tajikistani Proverb
A day is long, but a lifetime is short.~ Russian Proverb
All times are good when old.~ Polish Proverb
A man comes from the dust and in the dust he will end–and in the meantime it is good to drink a sip of vodka.~ Yiddish Proverb
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure .~ Traditional Proverb
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.~ Chinese Proverb
A stone thrown at the right time is better than a stone thrown at the wrong time.~ Persian Proverb
A timely “no” beats a hasty “yes.” ~ Brazilian Proverb
A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.~ Greek Proverb
Better to write down something one time than to read something ten times.~ Japanese Proverb
By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.~ Ghanaian Proverb
Consider the facts seven times before you suspect someone.~ Japanese Proverb
Disgrace is like the grain of a tree trunk — time makes it bigger instead of erasing it.~ Japanese Proverb
Do everything at the right time and one day will seem like three.~ Chinese Proverb
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.~ Chinese Proverb
Eat when the meal is ready, speak when the time is ripe.~ Ethiopian Proverb
Every dog knows his dinnertime.~ Jamaican Proverb
Every seed knows its time.~ Russian Proverb
Everything in time comes to him who knows how to wait.~ French Proverb
Fish must swim three times: once in the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach.~ French Proverb
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.~ Traditional Proverb
For he who has the time even the jungle is a paradise.~ Sri Lankan Proverb
For lazy people it is always party time.~ Greek Proverb
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.~ Chinese Proverb
God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.~ French Proverb
Going into a country the first time, ask what is forbidden; on entering a village, ask what are the customs; on entering a private house, ask what should not be mentioned.~ Chinese Proverb
Good things require time.~ Dutch Proverb
Great deeds come from times of shortage.~ Japanese Proverb
He who does not know what to do in his spare time is not a businessman.~ Chinese Proverb
He who is warned in time is saved.~ Chilean Proverb
He who slowly gets angry will stay angry for a long time.~ Hungarian Proverb
If it’s not your time, you won’t be born and you won’t die.~ Corsican Proverb
If it rained macaroni, what a fine time for gluttons!~ Italian Proverb
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.~ Chinese Proverb
If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.~ Chinese Proverb
If your time ain’t come not even a doctor can kill you.~ American Proverb
In the garden of time grows the flower of consolation.~ Russian Proverb
It is never too late to ask what time it is.~ Traditional Proverb
It is not enough to run; you must start on time.~ French Proverb
It is only idle people who can find time for everything.~ French Proverb
It takes time to build castles.~ Irish Proverb
It takes two days to learn everything about a man; to know animals You will need more time.~ Iranian Proverb
Lazy men get active when it’s time to sleep.~ German Proverb
Lazy people always want to do everything at the same time.~ Chinese Proverb
Lazy people have no spare time.~ Japanese Proverb
Life itself cannot give you joy/ Unless you really will it./ Life just gives you time and space — It’s up to you to fill it.~ Chinese Proverb
Love kills time and time kills love.~ Italian Proverb
Love makes time pass away and time makes love pass away.~ French Proverb
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.~ Chinese Proverb
Mother Nature, time and patience are the three best doctors.~Bulgarian Proverb
No man can paddle two canoes at the same time.~ Bantu Proverb
Nothing is more changeable than time and a woman.~ Romanian Proverb
No time like the present.~ Traditional Proverb
One cannot blow and swallow at the same time.~ Spanish Proverb
One step at a time is good walking.~ Chinese Proverb
One time “here you are” is better than ten times “heaven help you.” ~ German Proverb
Patience, money and time bring all things to past.~ Traditional Proverb
Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry becomes silk.~ Chinese Proverb
People live like birds in a wood: When the time comes, each takes flight.~ Chinese Proverb
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.~ Chinese Proverb
Procrastination is the thief of time.~ Chinese Proverb
Something done at the wrong time should be regarded as not one.~ Indian Proverb
Tell a woman once she is beautiful and the devil will repeat it ten times.~ French Proverb
The day is short and work lasts a long time.~ Hebrew Proverb
The day you are leaving is not the time to start your reparations.~ Nigerian Proverb
The dog has four feet, but he does not walk in four roads at the same time.~ Haitian Proverb
The first time you cheat me, be ashamed. The second time it is I who must be ashamed.~ Chinese Proverb
The happier the time, the more quickly it passes.~ Latin Proverb
The harvest of a whole year depends on what you sow in the springtime ~ Chinese Proverb
There has to be a first time for everything — even our most natural habits ~ Arabian Proverb
There is a time to fish and a time to dry the nets.~ Chinese Proverb
There is no hand to catch time.~ Indian Proverb
The right man comes at the right time.~ Italian Proverb
The right time to dine is: for the rich man, when he is hungry; and for the poor, when he has something to eat.~ Mexican Proverb
The tail of an ox says, “Time goes, time comes.”~ Creole Proverb
The white flower has bloomed — it is time to sleep outside.~ Fijian Proverb
Third time lucky.~ Traditional Proverb
Three times an early rise makes a whole day.~ Chinese Proverb
Time and I against any two.~ Spanish Proverb
Time and place make the thief.~ Dutch Proverb
Time and tide wait for no men.~ English Proverb
Time builds castles, and time destroys them.~ Serbian Proverb
Time chases love away and love chases the time away.~ German Proverb
Time flies when you are among friends.~ Basque Proverb
Time has no respect for beauty.~ Polish Proverb
Time heals all wounds.~ English Proverb
Time is a great healer.~ Traditional Proverb
Time is a great story teller.~ Irish Proverb
Time is anger’s medicine.~ German Proverb
Time is longer than a rope.~ Virgin Islander Proverb
Time is the best adviser.~ Greek Proverb
Time is the master of him who has no master.~ Arabian Proverb
Time is the soul of business.~ English Proverb
Time is the soul of the world.~ Greek Proverb
Times are not always the same; the grass is not always green.~ Mongolian Proverb
Time spent laughing is time spent with the Gods.~ Japanese Proverb
Time tries truth.~ Traditional Proverb
Time waits for no one.~ Japanese Proverb
Time will tell.~ Traditional Proverb
To be a fool at the right time is an art.~ French Proverb
To marry once is a duty, twice a folly, and three times — madness.~ Dutch Proverb
Too much hurry, and get there tomorrow; take time, get there today.~ Jamaican Proverb
Truth is the daughter of time.~ Traditional Proverb
Two times good — one time stupid.~ French Proverb
Wasting time is stealing from oneself.~ Estonian Proverb
We are all a long time dead.~ French Proverb
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.~ Scottish Proverb
What you give you get, ten times over.~ Beninese Proverb
When the time comes for you to live, there aren’t enough years.~ Yaddish Proverb
When you have read a book for the first time, you get to know a friend :,read it for a second time and you meet an old friend.~ Chinese Proverb
Why kill time when one can employ it.~ French Proverb
With time even a bear can learn to dance.~ Yiddish Proverb
You can accompany a friend for a thousand miles but at some time you must take your leave.~ Chinese Proverb
You cannot have the bacon and the pig at the same time.~ French Proverb
You have to give time some time.~ French Proverb
You may well have two legs but you still can’t climb two trees at the same time.~ Ethiopian Proverb






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