Fleeting Time Quotes

• Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Past, Men

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book III, (10), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• Only when the clock stops does time come to life

  William Faulkner

  Time, Doe, Clock

  William Faulkner (2011). “FAULKNER READER”, p.87, Modern Library

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• We are reminded that, in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.

  Barack Obama

  What Matters, People, Earth

  Speech at the 'Together We Thrive: Tucson and America' Memorial, delivered 12 January 2011, McKale Memorial Center, University of Arizona, Tucson

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• Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Time, Art

  "A Psalm of Life" st. 4 (1838)

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• Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. But some stand out as moments of beginning, in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Unique, Fleeting, Shapes

  Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969”, p.1, Best Books on

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• Art is long, and Time is fleeting.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Art, Long

  "A Psalm of Life" st. 4 (1838)

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• Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability
  To lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here

  Maynard James Keenan

  Eye, Heaven, Fleeting

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• Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Witty, Time, Powerful

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• Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting time on the arc of your life.

  Ann Brashares

  Character, Age, Fleeting

  FaceBook post by Ann Brashares from Oct 06, 2011

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• Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.

  W. H. Auden

  Marriage, Interesting, Romance

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• Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.

  William Faulkner

  Life, Time, Long

  William Faulkner (2011). “FAULKNER READER”, p.87, Modern Library

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• Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Funny, Change, Time

  George Bernard Shaw (2010). “Back to Methuselah”, p.470, The Floating Press

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• The prime of life is that fleeting time between green and over-ripe.

  Cullen Hightower

  Life, Age, Fleeting

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• Besides being asked why I write about young characters, I am often asked how I write about young characters. How do I throw myself across the chasm of full adulthood to relive that period? I guess I don’t, really. Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting time on the arc of your life.

  Ann Brashares

  Writing, Character, Age

  FaceBook post by Ann Brashares from Jan 25, 2013

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