100 Top-Notch Quotes about Time Management

"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. "

Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as "Jack", was an Irish-born British novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist.


"The present is a point just passed."

David Russell (-)


"Time is the longest distance between two places."

Tennessee Williams (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) born Thomas Lanier Williams, was an American playwright who received many of the top theatrical awards for his works of drama.


"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst."

William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder and "absolute proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


"Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use."

Thomas John Watson, Jr. ((1914–1993) was the president of IBM from 1952 to 1971 and the eldest son of Thomas J. Watson, IBM's first president. He led the company into a period where it dominated the new computer industry. Among many honors, he was called "the greatest capitalist in history" and one of 100 most influential people of the 20th century.


"You may delay, but time will not."

Benjamin Franklin (January 6, 1705 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.


"Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back."

Harvey Mackay (born 1932 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is a businessman and columnist. Mackay is perhaps best known as the author of five business bestsellers.


"Don’t count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count."

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"For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned."

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"There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go."

Tennessee Williams (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) born Thomas Lanier Williams, was an American playwright who received many of the top theatrical awards for his works of drama.