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“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it and others do just the same with their time.”
“Possessions dwindle: I mourn their loss. But I mourn the loss of time much more for anyone can save his purse but none can win back lost time.”
“Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.”
“One realizes the full importance of time only when there is little of it left. Every man's greatest capital asset is his unexpired years of productive life.”
“Know the true value of time snatch seize and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness no laziness no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
“A sense of the value of time ... is an essential preliminary to efficient work it is the only method of avoiding hurry.”
“All my possessions for a moment of time.”
“I recommend you to take care of the minutes for the hours will take care of themselves.”
“Let me tell thee time is a very precious gift of God so precious that it's only given to us moment by moment.”
“The real secret of how to use time is to pack it as you would a portmanteau filling up the small spaces with small things.”
“Pick my left pocket of its silver dime but spare the right-it holds my golden time!”
“One must learn a different... sense of time one that depends more on small amounts than big ones.”
“We work not only to produce but to give value to time.”
“An earnest purpose finds time or makes it. It seizes on spare moments and turns fragments to golden account.”
“Dollars cannot buy yesterday.”
“As every thread of gold is valuable so is every moment of time.”
“The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough.”
“Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely.”
“It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.”
“Happiness is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.”