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“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”

Source: The Counterfeiters: A Novel

“The great myth of our work-intense era is 'quality time.' We believe we can make up for the loss of days or hours, especially with each other, by concentrated minutes. But ultimately there is no way to do one-minute mothering. There is no way to pay attention in a hurry.”

Way Believe Time Hours Loss Pay Attention Quality Minutes Myth Intense Eras Pay Attention Mothering One Minute Quality Time

Book:Making Sense

Source: Making Sense

“But Time is a great traitor who teaches us to accept loss.”

Time Loss Accepting Teach Traitor

Book:I, Juan de Pareja

Source: I, Juan de Pareja

“Time is given us that we may take care for eternity; and eternity will not be too long to regret the loss of our time if we have misspent it.”

Ifs May Long Care Time Given Loss Regret Eternity Take Care Our Time

Author:Francois Fenelon

“The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss.”

Time Loss Notes Strikes Bells

Author:Edward Young

“Time, by moments, steals away, First the hour, and then the day; Small the daily loss appears, Yet it soon amounts to years”

Years Firsts Moments Time Hours Loss Amount Stealing Calendars

Book:The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c

Source: The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c

“The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours.”

Ifs Men Giving Feels Time Sound Hours Loss Wise Heard Angel Notes Tongue Strikes Spokes Bells Solemn Departed

Book:Night thoughts on life, death and immortality: With a memoir of the author, a critical view of his writings, and explanatory notes

Source: Night thoughts on life, death and immortality: With a memoir of the author, a critical view of his writings, and explanatory notes

“There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.”

“The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.”

Time Loss Growing Up Aging Annoyed Wisest

Author:Dante Alighieri

“no man who is resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention, still less can he afford to take the consequences, including the vitiation of his temper and the loss of self control, yield to larger things to which you show no more than equal rights, and yield to lesser ones though clearly your own, better give your path to a dog, than be bitten by him in contesting for the right, not even killing the dog, will cure the bite”

Source: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Including the Full Text of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates Together with the Essay on Lincoln