100 Top-Notch Quotes about Time Management

"If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening the axe."

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union, ending slavery, and rededicating the nation to nationalism, equal rights, liberty and democracy.


"Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."

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"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer and dramatist.


"Better late than never, but never late is better."

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"Getting everything done is not always a sign of good time management; it can also be a sign of not having enough to do."

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"We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams."

Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor.is an English actor.


"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."

Henry van Dyke (born on November 10, 1852) in Germantown, Pennsylvania in the United States. He served as a professor of English literature. By appointment of President Wilson he became Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1913.


"Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers."

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"The best time to make friends is before you need them."

John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor.


"To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time."

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) American conductor, composer and pianist.