138 Giving Time Quotes

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Famous Giving Time Quotes

Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life. — Norton Juster

To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give. — Franka Potente

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back.Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time — Rick Warren

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time. — Rick Warren

Time is the one thing that is given to everyone in equal measure. — Seneca

I was discovering that the most precious gift someone can give us is time, because what gives time its value is death. — Ingrid Betancourt

To give requires good sense. — Ovid

The most precious gift you can give someone is the gift of your time and attention. — Nicky Gumbel

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, your concern. — Joel Osteen

Take time for all things. — Benjamin Franklin

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. - Jean De La Bruyere

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. — Jean De La Bruyere

True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share. — Suze Orman

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. — Pierre Corneille

God gives each his due at the time allotted. — Euripides

Time is the fairest and toughest judge. — Edgar Quinet

Short Giving Time Quotes

  • Time is generally the best doctor. — Ovid
  • There is nothing more precious than time. — Hungarian Proverbs
  • Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give. — Rumi
  • Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. — Diogenes
  • Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. — Theophrastus
  • Time is what we want most,but what we use worst. — William Penn
  • Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. — Albert Camus
  • Time is the best kept secret of the rich. — Jim Rohn
  • You give before you get. — Napoleon Hill
  • Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. — Faith Baldwin

Top 10 Giving Time Quotes

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. — Thomas A. Edison

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. — Earl Nightingale

Even if there comes a time when you do not hear my voice, do not give up. Do not despair. Do not stop fighting for your freedom until you have victory! — Muammar al-Gaddafi

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you. — Mother Teresa

There are moments in life where it gets so hectic that time becomes a blur. Keep calm and never give up. — John Cena

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao Tzu

I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man. — Al Capone

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. — Paul the Apostle

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living. — Albert Einstein

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up! — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Giving Time Image Quotes

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. - Harriet Beecher Stowe quote

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

Giving time quote Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass away.
When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent. - RuPaul quote

When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent. — RuPaul

Giving time quote Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life
Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.

Not Giving Time Quotes

Do not be proud of wealth, people, relations and friends, or youth. All these are snatched by time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme. — Adi Shankara

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. - Confucius

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. — Confucius

If you do not give 110% in your life, I promise your life will haunt you for the rest of your days. Time is the most valuable asset on Earth, a depreciating asset, don’t waste another moment of life where you are not at your fullest potential getting the most out of the time you have in life. — Greg Plitt

Giving time quote Our greatest weaknes lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just on mor
Our greatest weaknes lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just on more time.

They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time. — Sitting Bull

I had my ups and downs and I fell a few times, but I did not give. Don't give up. — Rachel Scott

Even if I have to face death a thousand times for the sake of my Motherland, I shall not be sorry. Oh, Lord! Grant me a hundred births inIndia. But grant me this, too, that each time I may give up my life in the service of the Motherland. — Ram Prasad Bismil

Giving time quote The greatest gift you can give to someone is your time. Because when you give your time, you are giv
The greatest gift you can give to someone is your time. Because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back.

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people. — Randy Pausch

I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. - Rahul Dravid

I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. — Rahul Dravid

My game is based on improvisation. Often a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders. — Ronaldinho

There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

Friends Not Giving Time Quotes

How does one keep from "growing old inside"? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people.... Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are indispensable. — Robert McAfee Brown

Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state. As one of my friends states on his Facebook profile: "The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail to Try." — Jess C Scott

Life! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; Tis hard to part when friends are dear,- Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear. Then steal away, give little warning. Choose thine own time, Say not "Good-night," but in some brighter clime, Bid me "Good-morning." — Anna Letitia Barbauld

Giving time quote Pain is temporary, giving up is forever.
Pain is temporary, giving up is forever.

A lot of the time, the British press make me ashamed and embarrassed to be British. They give others the impression that the British are selfish, envious and bitter people, which is simply not true in my opinion. I think that British people in general are really nice and friendly. — Melanie Chisholm

I spend a lot of time in L.A., and I think it would probably be easier if I lived there work wise, but there's no city like London, there is so much going on. I can jump on the Tube and be anywhere in 20 minutes, and all my friends and family are here and I'm not prepared to give that up. — Jeremy Irvine

The horse must understand and accept any demands made by rider without any resistance. Reward the horse each time he does what is asked of him. Never ask for more than he is capable of giving. Make him a COMPANION, and not a slave, then you will see what a true friend he is. — Nuno Oliveira

Giving time quote Give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he will eat for a life time.
Give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he will eat for a life time.

Time talks behind our back. To our face it's friendly and logical, never hesitating to give more of itself. But when we're not looking, it steals our lives and says bad things about us to the parts of us it's stolen — Jonathan Carroll

Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other. We meet at meals three times a day, and give each other a new taste of that old musty cheese that we are. — Henry David Thoreau

Thanks For Giving Time Quotes

Rarely do we realize that if we simply take time to marvel at life’s gifts and give thanks for them, we activate stunning opportunities to increase their influence in our lives. — Angeles Arrien

Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go. — Nicholas Sparks

It only takes a few minutes in the morning to use gratitude to Have A Magical Day by giving thanks for the events in your day ahead of time, but this one practice alone will change the way your entire day unfolds. — Rhonda Byrne

Giving time quote When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could n
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hand on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. — Kahlil Gibran

Heavenly Father, thank You so much for Your grace. Your forgiveness is SO good that I struggle with believing it at times. Thank You for rescuing me from myself and giving me Your Holy Spirit. Your love is better than life. — Francis Chan

Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for. The more we seek gratitude, the more reason the angels will give us for gratitude and joy to exist in our lives. — Terry Lynn Taylor

Giving time quote When i give you my time, I'm giving you a portion of my life that I will never get back. So please d
When i give you my time, I'm giving you a portion of my life that I will never get back. So please don't waste it.

One of the secrets to life is saying yes to change and allowing things to transition, but I also think you have to mark the time and give thanks for all that it gave you. — Josh Radnor

When my time to die comes an angel will be there to comfort me. He will give me peace and joy even at that most critical hour, and usher me into the presence of God, and I will dwell with the Lord forever. Thank God for the ministry of His blessed angels. — Billy Graham

It's time to restore the bonds of trust between citizens. Let us give thanks for all that we have and let us boldly face the exciting new frontiers that lie ahead. — Donald Trump

We have every reason in time and eternity to rejoice and give thanks for the quality of our lives and the blessings we have been given. — Howard W. Hunter

Importance Giving Time Quotes

One has to live in the present. Whatever is past is gone beyond recall; whatever is future remains beyond one's reach, until it becomes present. Remembering the past and giving thought to the future are important, but only to the extent that they help one deal with the present. — S. N. Goenka

It is important to look at death because it is a part of life. It is a sad thing, melancholy but romantic at the same time. It is the end of a cycle - everything has to end. The cycle of life is positive because it gives room for new things. — Alexander McQueen

Makeup is part of my daily routine. It's the time in my mornings when I can concentrate on me, and me alone. Giving yourself the kind of attention is so important - and is something that is definitely glossed over by to many women — Kat Von D

Giving time quote Yoga doesn't take time, It gives time.
Yoga doesn't take time, It gives time.

Whatever it is you seek, you have to put in the time, the practice, the effort. You must give up a lot to get it. It has to be very important to you. And once you have attained it, it is your power. It can't be given away : it resides in you. It is literally the result of your discipline. — Michael Crichton

It’s important to treat your customers like guests and give them a great experience every time they come to your restaurant. — Glen Bell

Stage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities to rehearse. And it's important to rehearse, because it gives you the possibility to try things which are not good! — Erland Josephson

Giving time quote You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get i
You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

Real giving is when we give to our spouses what's important to them, whether we understand it, like it, agree with it, or not. — Michele Weiner-Davis

Every time you have sex, you give away a little piece of your heart, and you give that away too many times and there's just nothing left and you've given away the most important part of yourself. — Daren Kagasoff

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it. — Estelle Parsons

The urge to quit is strongest just before breakthroughs occur. Those are the times when it's most important to stay focused and committed. You will encounter the urge to quit many times. Get over it. Quitting is not an option; always be prepared to give it one more day. — Matthew Barnett

Stop Giving Time Quotes

When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights. — George Burns

Hard things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer. - Percy Cerutty

Hard things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer. — Percy Cerutty

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people! — Randy Pausch

If you don't value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents- start charging for it. — Kim Garst

One of my favorite fantasies is that next Sunday not one single woman, in any country of the world, will go to church. If women simply stop giving our time and energy to the institutions that oppress, they would have to cease to do so. — Sonia Johnson

They never stop working, physically or mentally, because it gives them too much time to think about what they’ve had to endure and sacrifice to get to the top. — Tim Grover

At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since. — Ethel Merman

Put a small piano in a truck and drive out on country roads; take time to discover new scenery; stop in a pretty place where there is a good church; upload the piano and tell the residents; give a concert; offer flowers to the people who have been so kind as to attend; leave again. — Sviatoslav Richter

I'll obey them in the winter when the doctors say to me I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I'll be. To relieve my indigestion in December they can try, But there's none of them can stop me when it's time for cherry pie. — Edgar Guest

Psychologists tested the story of the Good Samaritan. What they learned gives us reason to pause. The greatest determinant of who stopped to help the stranger in need was not compassion, morality, or religious creed. It was those who had the time. Makes me wonder if I have time to do good. — Richard Paul Evans

Gift Of Time Quotes

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. — Mother Teresa

The time has come to reclaim the stolen harvest and celebrate the growing and giving of good food as the highest gift and the most revolutionary act. — Vandana Shiva

Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I am in some way eternal, I will never be duplicated. The singularity of every man and woman is Jah's gift. What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time, the Truth. — Bob Marley

Above all else, know this: Be prepared at all times for the gifts of God and be ready always for new ones. For God is a thousand times more ready to give than we are to receive — Meister Eckhart

We should spend less time ranking children and more time helping them to identify their natural competencies and gifts and cultivate these. There are hundreds and hundreds of ways to succeed and many, many different abilities that will help you get there. — Howard Gardner

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it. — Esther Williams

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration. — Cornel West

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present. — Deepak Chopra

Confusion is a gift from God. Those times when you feel most desperate for a solution, sit. Wait. The information will become clear. The confusion is there to guide you. Seek detachment and become the producer of your life. — RZA

It was not very easy for a woman to impose herself as a modern artist in Germany… Most of our male colleagues continued for a long time to look upon us as charming and gifted amateurs, denying us implicitly any real professional status. — Hannah Hoch

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More Giving Time Quotes

All we are doing is looking at the time line, from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing the time line by reducing the non-value adding wastes. — Taiichi Ohno

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. — Og Mandino

Give up identification with this mass of flesh as well as with what thinks it a mass. Both are intellectual imaginations. Recognise your true self as undifferentiated awareness, unaffected by time, past, present or future, and enter Peace. — Adi Shankara

Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but “steal” some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be. — Albert Camus

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. If anything will advance the interests of that kingdom, it shall be given away or kept only in reference to whether giving or keeping will most promote the glory1 of him to whom I owe all my hopes in time and eternity. — David Livingstone

Just think, you're here not by chance, but by God's choosing. His hand formed you and made you the person you are. He compares you to no one else - You are one of a kind. You lack nothing that His grace can't give you. He has allowed you to be here in this time in history to fulfill His special purpose for this generation. — Roy Lessin

The Notebook ... that’s my favorite one. I’ve read that book 30 times. It gives a true depiction of two people that are in love. — Kevin Gates

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give. — E. O. Wilson

Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm. It exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm, and in those times of trouble when you are most alone, the memory of love will bring you home. — John Denver

What makes the Dead Sea dead? Because it is all the time receiving, never giving out anything. Why is it that many Christians are cold? Because they are all the time receiving, never giving out anything. — Dwight L. Moody

A lot of times when you keep it real with somebody, you can't expect them to keep it real with you. In this industry people just want to be famous and they forget how to keep it real and they forget to give credit to the people who helped them get to where they at. — Gucci Mane

God never witholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. God's refusals are always merciful -- "severe mercies" at times but mercies all the same. God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better. — Elisabeth Elliot

Every single night our soul is taken, and every single night the Angel asks before bringing it back, "Ya Allah what about this one?" "Do You want to send it back?" Do You want to pull the plug or should we keep the Ruh (soul)?" And every night Allah gives permission to the Angel to let us live one more time." — Nouman Ali Khan

I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is. — Don Rickles

Peace comes from the absence of fear, from a consciousness of trust, from a deep, underlying faith in the absolute goodness and mercy, the final integrity of the universe in which we live, and of every cause to which we give our thought, our time and our attention. — Ernest Holmes

There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. — Leo Buscaglia

Don't waste your time consuming what makes you weak. Spend your time pressing in for the Presence. Become so intimate with Jesus, so full of Him, that it does not matter what challenges in life present themselves to you. You will be so spiritually full that you can feed a multitude of other people's needs. Jesus will give you more than enough. — Heidi Baker

We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ's steps, and let the world say what it likes. — J. C. Ryle

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time. — Pablo Picasso

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time. — Edward L. Bernays

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it. — Michael Jordan

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