Time Quotes

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

~ Nikki Giovanni

Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art.

~ Michel Foucault

Truth, at the wrong time, can be dangerous.

~ Michael Ondaatje

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

~ Winston Churchill

That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes.

~ Denis Waitley

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

~ Abraham Lincoln

Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.

~ Sam Rayburn

Some people have a difficult time facing truth and reality. They prefer to live in a make-believe world, pretending that certain things aren't happening.

~ Joyce Meyer

I have been known for some time as a person who speaks the truth and speaks it strongly. I have always called a liar a liar and a hypocrite a hypocrite.

~ Cindy Sheehan

What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.

~ Roland Barthes

Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth.

~ John Mellencamp

My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time.

~ Leslie Fiedler

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

~ Charles Caleb Colton

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.

~ Harry S Truman

I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either.

~ Bear Bryant

People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.'

~ Ronda Rousey

We've let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it's only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.

~ Sean Penn

For a long time, it was like I was part of some special forces unit: I'd land, meet everyone, five minutes later I'd have to do some amazing work, then - boom! - I'm out again. You know, playing supporting parts takes courage.

~ John C. Reilly

John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to all Americans.

~ Katherine Johnson

It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.

~ Ray Comfort

The younger you are, the more courage and audacity you will have to set long-term goals and be there to personally work towards your vision. You will have the confidence to take risks because you have time by your side. You can bring innovation into everything you do and constantly reinvent yourself.

~ Shiv Nadar

The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.

~ John Stuart Mill

I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. I treasure it in the sense that I believe it's a path of great courage. It can also be the path of the foolhardy and the compulsive.

~ Jane Campion

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that's you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don't really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

~ Joyce Meyer

What I've always said is that I'm opposed to institutional racism, and I would've, had I've been alive at the time, I think, had the courage to march with Martin Luther King to overturn institutional racism, and I see no place in our society for institutional racism.

~ Rand Paul

The courage of the Syrian protesters is remarkable, for they face prison, torture, or death every time they lift a banner.

~ Elliott Abrams

We've always had this experience that things take long, but I'm 100% convinced that our principles will in the end prevail. No one knew how the Cold War would end at the time, but it did end. This is within our living experience... I'm surprised at how fainthearted we sometimes are and how quickly we lose courage.

~ Angela Merkel

Our educational establishment is failing; it is past time for courage, honesty, and action commensurate with the need, particularly here in the United States.

~ Campbell Brown

It is not sufficient for the young to devote their enthusiasm, their courage, their ambition, their self-sacrifice to the great ideas of the time; the young must not only preserve but increase their powers if they are to be really equal to their eternal task: that of drawing the age in advance.

~ Ellen Key

Creating art is painful. It takes time, practice, and the courage to stand alone.

~ Maria Semple

In men's sports, people criticize coaches and managers all the time, call out teammates, too, and it's not that huge of a deal. Often, the guy speaking out is even lauded for having the courage to tell the truth. When it happens in women's sports, though, it always seems to be viewed as a nasty, claws-out cat fight.

~ Carli Lloyd

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

~ Jean Paul

My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang with such passion and conviction. By the time I turned 15, I had plucked up the courage to ask if I could join the group. Acapella is a different discipline from singing with an accompaniment - it is much more exposed.

~ Laura Mvula

It is past time for Democrats and Republicans to join together to create a bipartisan coalition for courage and common sense.

~ Linda Mcmahon

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.

~ Tadao Ando

As soldiers need not only courage but tactics also, so does a philosopher need not only courage and philosophy but discernment also, to tell what his right time of dying is - so that he neither seek it nor flee it.

~ Apollonius Of Tyana

Since dogs could hear and smell better than men, we could concentrate on sight. Since courage is commonplace in dogs, men's adrenal glands could shrink. Dogs, by making us more efficient predators, gave us time to think. In short, dogs civilized us.

~ Donald Mccaig

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan

I had a long time admiration for the Jewish people. Especially with their long time of courage, taking so much abuse for so long. I was only seven years old, but I could easily see the ungodly treatment that the white folks were handing the poor Jewish family whom I worked for.

~ Louis Armstrong

We know the threats - from global terrorist networks to the spread of deadly weapons. Yet we also know that embedded in this time of danger is the promise of a new day, if we have the courage and commitment to work together.

~ Valerie Jarrett