42 Quotes for Stress-Free Time Management

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Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
Jim Rohn

I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
J.R.R. Tolkien

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
Buddha

The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live.
Buddha

He who every morning plans the transactions of that day and follows that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life.
Victor Hugo

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
Zig Ziglar

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Benjamin Franklin

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.
Peter Drucker

Time isn't the main thing. It's the only thing.
Miles Davis

Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives.
Karen Martin

Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is like saying, 'I don't want to.’
Lao Tzu

The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.
Stephen R. Covey

Time is a created thing. Say 'yes' to it.
Marty Rubin

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Time management is life management.
Robin Sharma

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
Theophrastus

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
William Penn

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You may delay, but time will not.
Benjamin Franklin

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.
Carl Sandburg

Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.
Charles Richards

Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it.
Arthur Schopenhauerk

Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives.
Karen Martin

Time is the wisest counselor of all.
Pericles

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot.
Michael Altshuler

The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.
Stephen R. Covey

Time management requires self-discipline, self-mastery, and self-control more than anything else.
Brian Tracy

Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.
Ray Cummings

Time management is about life management.
Idowu Koyenikan

This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.
Menachem Mendel Schneerson

You've got to know what you want. This is central to acting on your intentions. When you know what you want, you realize that all there is left then is time management. You'll manage your time to achieve your goals because you clearly know what you're trying to achieve in your life.
Patch Adams

When it comes to time management, I talk a lot more about energy management. I try to give people 100% of my energy even if I'm giving them very little of my time.
Jay Shetty

So during those first moments of the day, which are yours and yours alone, you can circumvent these boundaries and concentrate fully on spiritual matters. And this gives you the opportunity to plan the time management of the entire day.
Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Boundary setting is really a huge part of time management.
Jim Loehr

Filmmaking, at the end of the day, is really - in addition to the story and all of the equipment and the actors, it's really about time management. And so the smartest filmmakers are the ones who sort of pre-visualize the film in their head and are literally shooting the shots they need to cut the story together.
Jay Chandrasekhar

I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.
Tim Ferriss

Have you ever noticed some people are able to stay organized while getting a massive quantity of work accomplished, while others appear to be busy but never actually produce results? Time management is the key to becoming a successful entrepreneur.
Clay Clark

He who every morning plans the transactions of that day and follows that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life.
Victor Hugo