--- title: "20 Most Inspiring Quotes About Time for 2026" id: "4340" type: "post" slug: "quotes-about-time" published_at: "2022-01-03T13:08:09+00:00" modified_at: "2026-03-28T07:21:16+00:00" url: "https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/" markdown_url: "https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time.md" excerpt: "This article was last updated on December 5, 2025. Looking for some inspiring quotes about time? The most popular are “time is money” by Benjamin Franklin or “time is the most valuable thing a man can spend” by Theophrastus. Read..." taxonomy_category: - "Productivity" taxonomy_post_tag: - "inspiring quotes" - "productivity quotes" --- [Home](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/) /20 Most Inspiring Quotes About Time for 2026 # 20 Most Inspiring Quotes About Time for 2026 - ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a55bc496bb3430306d4e86473315e6b277b8d71806c72ec1442d64040b15a8a0?s=32&d=mm&r=g)Ola Rybacka - - January 3, 2022 - - 5 min read ![post image](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/How-to-Focus-Better.png.webp) ## TimeCamp – 100% Free Time Tracker Unlimited users & projects, 70+ integrations [Start tracking time](https://app.timecamp.com/auth/register) **Contents** [hide](#) [1 20 Most Inspiring Quotes About Time](#20_Most_Inspiring_Quotes_About_Time) [1.1 William Penn](#William_Penn) [1.2 Hippocrates](#Hippocrates) [1.3 Lao Tzu](#Lao_Tzu) [1.4 Steve Jobs](#Steve_Jobs) [1.5 Albert Einstein](#Albert_Einstein) [1.6 William Shakespeare](#William_Shakespeare) [1.7 Marcel Proust](#Marcel_Proust) [1.8 Benjamin Franklin](#Benjamin_Franklin) [1.9 George Orwell](#George_Orwell) [1.10 Domenico Cieri Estrada](#Domenico_Cieri_Estrada) [1.11 Coco Chanel](#Coco_Chanel) [1.12 Haruki Murakami](#Haruki_Murakami) [1.13 Andy Warhol](#Andy_Warhol) [1.14 Bill Watterson](#Bill_Watterson) [1.15 Dan Simmons](#Dan_Simmons) [1.16 C.S. Lewis](#CS_Lewis) [1.17 Seneca](#Seneca) [1.18 Thales](#Thales) [1.19 Stephen Hawkings](#Stephen_Hawkings) [1.20 Charles Darwin](#Charles_Darwin) [1.21 Roy T. Bennett](#Roy_T_Bennett) [1.22 Stephen R. Covey](#Stephen_R_Covey) [1.23 Leonardo da Vinci](#Leonardo_da_Vinci) [1.24 William Carlos Williams](#William_Carlos_Williams) [1.25 Jack Bergman](#Jack_Bergman) [1.25.1 Leave it in a comment!](#Leave_it_in_a_comment) [1.25.1.1 Get to know where your time goes with TimeCamp!](#Get_to_know_where_your_time_goes_with_TimeCamp) *This article was last updated on December 5, 2025.* Looking for some inspiring quotes about time? The most popular are “time is money” by Benjamin Franklin or “time is the most valuable thing a man can spend” by Theophrastus. Read on to find some more quotes that you may not have heard before. **We’re inspired by time. That’s why we decided to create TimeCamp, a 100% free time tracker for unlimited users, and help people improve their time management skills. We do that every day by providing high-quality knowledge about time tracking and project management on our blog and by productivity cycles posting on social networking.** One of those motivational cycles was “Time Quotes”. That’s why we want to remind our users what are the most inspiring quotes about time for us. Let’s be productive together! There are some saying about time that everybody knows, but we hope that you’ll find here also some new quotes about time for 2025. **Check also [What is the Secret to Insane Productivity?](https://www.timecamp.com/time-tracking/productivity-tracking/)** ## 20 Most Inspiring Quotes About Time > Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. ### **William Penn** ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/penn-time-quote@2x-1-e1637828817540.png.webp) > Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. ### **Hippocrates** ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hippocrates-time-quote@2x-e1637828848966.png.webp) > Time is a created thing. To say “I don’t have time” is to say “I don’t want to”. *See how to always have time with the best tools and apps:* ⇒ [Best Free Time Tracking Software for Freelancers](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/best-free-time-tracking-software-for-freelancers/) ⇒ [Top 10 Time Tracking Software With Desktop App](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/top-desktop-time-tracker-apps/) ⇒ [Top 10 Time Tracking Software for Linux](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/linux-time-tracking/) ### **Lao Tzu** ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/tzu-time-quote@2x-e1637828864697.png.webp) > It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. ### **Steve Jobs** ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/jobs-time-quote@2x-e1637828889307.png.webp) > The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. ### **Albert Einstein** ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/einstein-time-quote@2x-1-e1637828932788.png.webp) > Better three hours to soon than one minute too late. ### **William Shakespeare** ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/shakespeare-time-quote@2x-e1637828950857.png.webp) > Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have of them. ### Marcel Proust ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/proust-time-quote@2x-e1637828977479.png.webp) > Never leave ’till tomorrow which you can do today. ### **Benjamin Franklin** ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/franklin-time-quote@2x-e1637828996580.png.webp) > Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past. ### **George Orwell** ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orwell-time-quote@2x-e1637829014192.png.webp) > Time is like the wind, it lifts the light and leaves the heavy. ### **Domenico Cieri Estrada** ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/estrada-time-quote@2x-e1637829034968.png.webp) > Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. ### **Coco** Chanel ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/chanel-time-quote@2x-e1637829054651.png.webp) > Time expands, then contracts, and in tune with the stirrings of the heart . ### Haruki Murakami ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/murakami-time-quote@2x-e1637829068117.png.webp) > They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. ### Andy Warhol ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/warhol-time-quote@2x-e1637829089295.png.webp) > There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want. ### Bill Watterson ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/watterson-time-quote@2x-e1637829105384.png.webp) > In such seconds of decision entire futures are made. ### **Dan Simmons** ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/simmons-time-quote@2x-e1637829126727.png.webp) > For the present is the point at which time touches eternity. ### C.S. Lewis ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lewis-time-quote@2x-e1637829155678.png.webp) > It’s not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it. ### **Seneca** ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/seneca-time-quote@2x-e1637829176373.png.webp) > Time is the wisest of all things that are, for it brings everything to light. ### Thales ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/thales-time-quote@2x-e1637829195962.png.webp) > If time travel is possible, where are the tourist from the future? ### Stephen Hawkings ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hawking-time-quote@2x-e1637829227624.png.webp) > A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. ### **Charles Darwin** ![quotes about time](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/darwin-time-quote@2x-e1637829252491.png.webp) > Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy. ### **Roy T. Bennett** [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bennett-time-quote-1.png](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bennett-time-quote-1.png) > The key is not spending time, but in investing it. ### **Stephen R. Covey** [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/covey-time-quote.png](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/covey-time-quote.png) > Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it. ### Leonardo da Vinci [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/da-Vinci-time-quote.png](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/da-Vinci-time-quote.png) > Time is a storm in which we are all lost. ### William Carlos **Williams** [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/williams-time-quote.png](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/williams-time-quote.png) > There’s never enough time to do it right, but there’s always enough time to do it over. ### **Jack Bergman** [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bergman-time-quote-1.png](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bergman-time-quote-1.png) **What is the most inspiring quote for you from the following ones?** **Do you know any other foamous sayings about time which inspires you, but we didn’t mention it here?** #### Leave it in a comment! 👉 If you want to find out more inspiring quotes check our list of [25 Brilliant Productivity Quotes To Move Your Ass!](https://www.timecamp.com/time-tracking/productivity-tracking/) Or create your own using a free quote maker (e.g., like this one). You can also get some help from teams like Edubirdie (visit their website). They assist with writing quotes, providing essay help, and much more. Their team of professional writers creates well-crafted and thoroughly researched papers. If you need help with an essay or require specific quotes, Edubirdie has the expertise to support your academic needs. Except for in Time Quotes, find the motivation in your time tracking results – check how powerful is reporting feature in TimeCamp!*icon-check* Ready to put time on your side? [Download TIC, the AI time tracking agent](https://www.timecamp.com/ai-time-tracking-agent/) that handles timesheets so you don’t have to. Replace manual timers with an [AI time tracker](https://www.timecamp.com/ai-time-tracker/) that knows what you’re working on. An [AI time tracking agent](https://www.timecamp.com/ai-time-tracking-agent/) handles the heavy lifting of time allocation for your entire team. Get [AI timesheets](https://www.timecamp.com/ai-timesheets/) generated instantly from real activity data. ##### Get to know where your time goes with TimeCamp! Track time in projects and tasks, create reports, and bill your clients in just one tool. [Sign up for free](https://app.timecamp.com/auth/register) More for this subject: https://www.success.com/article/21-of-the-most-inspirational-quotes [https://www.linkedin.com/company/timecamp/](https://www.linkedin.com/company/timecamp/) [https://www.facebook.com/timecamp/](https://www.facebook.com/timecamp/) [https://www.twitter.com/timecamp/](https://www.twitter.com/timecamp/) [Markdown](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/.md) ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a55bc496bb3430306d4e86473315e6b277b8d71806c72ec1442d64040b15a8a0?s=75&d=mm&r=g) **Ola Rybacka**Ola is a veteran Content Strategist and SEO professional with over 10 years of experience in the SaaS industry, now Product Marketer and Content Specialist at TimeCamp. Remote worker advocate; has been working from home for 10+ years so far. Knows TimeCamp far and wide and does her best to translate the technical jargon into reader-friendly English to help users gain better understanding of our time tracker. 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Check out 4 strategies to perfectly balance creativity and productivity in marketing. - February 12, 2025 - 6 min read ![How to Calculate Productivity for Better Results](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Frame-676-5-360x246.png.webp)### [How to Calculate Productivity for Better Results](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/how-to-calculate-productivity-for-better-results/) How to measure productivity? What are the most common productivity formulas? And how to effectively improve your productivity? Check our guide. - September 12, 2024 - 8 min read ### Leave a Reply [Cancel reply](/blog/quotes-about-time/#respond) 15 Comments 1. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a5bbc5a13c5ee10bb1b8faf30216ea92cef304ff8d647f6e8f2f5b15a76a70c1?s=70&d=mm&r=g) hemant kumar May 1, 2018 at 11:23 (Edit) [#comment-54593](#comment-54593) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-54593](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-54593) all quotes was really amazing and please try to add some more inspirational quotes for girls 2. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f4a076e88c028d9b3407bd739cd3598955bad49dbf97371898ae0192f12f6d65?s=70&d=mm&r=g) Amrendra Chaurasiya May 31, 2018 at 17:37 (Edit) [#comment-60743](#comment-60743) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-60743](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-60743) Hello Ola Rybacka Great quotes collected by you. Design quotes in the poster are really amazing. It is easy to read and makes it interesting. when I am in trouble I feel positiveness when reading your article. This one gives me extra energy for a stay motivated in my life I am really thankful to you for sharing such a motivational post. I will wait for next post. 3. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9c1f3cf7928c0c656e48918f4fadb444f932f986fe4b479d69dfdabceafef58c?s=70&d=mm&r=g) Marie Ceborrelo July 17, 2018 at 12:28 (Edit) [#comment-66818](#comment-66818) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-66818](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-66818) Perfect quotes collection, I especially like the Shakespeare’s one. I’ll share this quote on my social media! 4. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f1453e927dbe56b904a7fac48c1cda90ce9945903022d9baa5332099e0c03e0c?s=70&d=mm&r=g) Jawhar November 24, 2018 at 12:34 (Edit) [#comment-75849](#comment-75849) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-75849](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-75849) All the quotes are so good, the best part is that all the quotes are written and added in images. 5. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/96fb6dd872049a872d5f72adce23109f05fabbda0b96cbf13527c642813b371c?s=70&d=mm&r=g) Mussarat November 27, 2018 at 18:46 (Edit) [#comment-76146](#comment-76146) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-76146](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-76146) Amazing “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst” Really nice one. 6. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d253c7595f7a86ecd36e970c2294b9937823de110cf6fbdf6da46477f90c6ee1?s=70&d=mm&r=g) Shivangi Sharma December 9, 2018 at 19:02 (Edit) [#comment-77252](#comment-77252) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-77252](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-77252) Beautiful words. such an inspiring post. These words made my day. thank you for sharing this. 7. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5ec230d661b790613dcc5bfbd1ddb98f571b88d6bb3d9f76a44677af68940e01?s=70&d=mm&r=g) Quote Catalog February 14, 2019 at 15:43 (Edit) [#comment-82973](#comment-82973) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-82973](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-82973) Thank you for taking the time to make the quote pictures, awesome! 8. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8afc857e7b32abd421f2bde660d71f9aaeac42ac2ac055216459cc411bbbfe8?s=70&d=mm&r=g) mahima gupta February 21, 2019 at 18:20 (Edit) [#comment-83761](#comment-83761) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-83761](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-83761) Best Inspirational-Motivational Quotes About Life very good collection 9. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d253c7595f7a86ecd36e970c2294b9937823de110cf6fbdf6da46477f90c6ee1?s=70&d=mm&r=g) shivangi sharma March 14, 2019 at 07:35 (Edit) [#comment-85962](#comment-85962) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-85962](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-85962) beautiful collection of words thank you for sharing 10. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d253c7595f7a86ecd36e970c2294b9937823de110cf6fbdf6da46477f90c6ee1?s=70&d=mm&r=g) shivangi sharma May 10, 2019 at 16:09 (Edit) [#comment-92577](#comment-92577) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-92577](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-92577) beautiful website and amazing content. keep up the good work 🙂 11. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e3a75570b0b587f92ac500ccdcebd9a853e62497e8453c21644dfac8f81047fc?s=70&d=mm&r=g) Soma Munda August 9, 2019 at 16:32 (Edit) [#comment-100741](#comment-100741) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-100741](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-100741) You will know what the time is. There are as many great man in this world. All of them have followed the time. Time is one such trick. Who never waits for anyone. Rather, people have to wait for time. People who make good use of time. Time also does well with them. If you want to be successful in life, then you have to know the importance of time. Because you all know- Nobody is so rich in this world So that they can buy time, And no one is so poor. That he could not change his coming time. So, I have written some inspiration ideas, value of time quotes,inspirational words about life,inspirational messages about life,personal inspirational,best short inspirational,for you based on time. I am sure that you will like it. 12. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/79893b3dfcf97d60159fc9aca8da7f288c07fea7e3ec0d7d8703dac8b4e32768?s=70&d=mm&r=g) therevs777 November 29, 2019 at 07:48 (Edit) [#comment-116681](#comment-116681) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-116681](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-116681) My favorite time quote “Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” Thanks for sharing. 13. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2c51b27944509a11ddfcfbd01318f1854c5362864cf7a3672aec5a0fb098d8f8?s=70&d=mm&r=g) Adultfriendsfider December 4, 2019 at 10:18 (Edit) [#comment-117464](#comment-117464) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-117464](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-117464) Marvelous, what a website it is! This blog gives helpful information to us, keep it up. 14. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a8f157f14c2c3bcb440d6befb3f1b99995927bde855375e770c610eaefe1d5c?s=70&d=mm&r=g) Mohammed Daud September 26, 2020 at 21:16 (Edit) [#comment-182707](#comment-182707) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-182707](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-182707) Thank you so much, time is part of our lives, we need to use it promoting Love Peace, Justice and Compassion. 15. ![Image](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5b1a7e93c762376e0df18a7c317451f6c1c7ab59762af01e12c856e7f0e1946c?s=70&d=mm&r=g) Kristy Farrah August 1, 2021 at 23:58 (Edit) [#comment-204646](#comment-204646) [https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-204646](https://www.timecamp.com/blog/quotes-about-time/#comment-204646) Hello.This article was extremely remarkable, especially since I was searching for thoughts on this topic last Sunday.