10 Quotes on Time from Books

Hello and Welcome. This page is a collection of 10 quotes about Time that I liked and saved from various books. I hope you will like these quotes too.

By the way, I am Deepak Kundu, an avid book reader, quotes collector and blogger.

Time Quotes from The 5 Types of Wealth book by Sahil Bloom

  • The freedom to allocate time according to your preferences – to choose how you spend it, where you spend it, and whom you spend it with – is the ultimate goal. This is the desired end state of true control over your time.
  • It doesn’t matter where you’re from, how old you are, or whether you’re rich or poor – time is a universal truth and struggle.

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Time Quotes from The Dark Forest book by Cixin Liu

  • The only constant in a world of tremendous change is the swift passage of time.
  • Time is the one thing that can’t be stopped. Like a sharp blade, it silently cuts through hard and soft, constantly advancing. Nothing is capable of jolting it even the slightest bit, but it changes everything.

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Time Quotes from The Palace of Illusions book by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

  • Dear one, time will teach you what you refuse to learn from your well-wishers.
  • Time is the great eraser, both of sorrow and of joy.

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Other Time Quotes

  • Time always moves at the same rate, only feelings have different speeds. Every day can mark a whole lifetime or a single heartbeat, depending on who you spend it with. – from Beartown book by Fredrik Backman
  • Time is a human construct, it can slow or accelerate in the presence of emotion, of chemicals in the blood. – from The God of the Woods book by Liz Moore
  • Time, I realise, is a weapon these days. Nothing weakens people like having to wait. – from How to Stop Time book by Matt Haig
  • Time is the great leveller. Whether we are privileged or disadvantaged, whether we live in Texas or Tokyo, we all have been allotted days with only twenty-four hours. What separates those who build exceptional lives from the ‘also rans’ is the way they use this time. – from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari book by Robin Sharma