100 Top-Notch Quotes about Time Management

"The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardner to plant a tree. The gardner objected that the tree was slowing grow and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'in that case, there is no time to lose, plant it this afternoon'."

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963) often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.


"We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch."

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963) often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.


"There's never enough time, unless you're serving it."

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (August 19, 1919 – February 24, 1990) was publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B.C. Forbes and today run by his son Steve Forbes.


"If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves."

Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1767 – 22 May 1849) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and children's writer. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature.


"Regret for wasted time is more wasted time."

Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1767 – 22 May 1849) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and children's writer. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature.


"So little time and so little to do."

Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor.


"This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it."

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American philosopher, lecturer, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.


"Doing a thing well is often a waste of time."

Robert Eugene Byrne (born April 20, 1928 in New York City) is a leading American chess player, a Grandmaster, and a chess author. He won the U.S. Championship in 1972, and was a World Chess Championship Candidate in 1974.


"What may be done at any time will be done at no time."

Scottisch saying (-)


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

Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC) a Greek native of Eresos in Lesbos, was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school.