Quotes about Time

The more oppressed a group perceives itself to be, the more it will want to calculate when liberation will dawn.

God put Jesus forth, Paul seems to be saying, as the place where heaven and earth overlapped, the place where the loving Presence of the one God and the faithful obedience of the true human being would meet and merge and be realized in space, time, and matter.

The mission of the church must therefore include, at a structural level, the recognition that our present space, time, and matter are all subject not to rejection but to redemption.

Sunday, kept as a commemoration of Easter ever since that event itself (a quite remarkable phenomenon when you come to think about it), is not simply a legacy of Victorian values but a perpetual sign, joyfully renewed week by week, that all time belongs to God and stands under the renewing lordship of Jesus Christ.4

One of the great New Testament words is Now. That was then, this is now.

Provost John Mark Reynolds, for a position as professor and scholar in residence that gave me time to write Finding Truth.

It takes time to establish trust in something or someone because it requires consistent and continuous behavior demonstrated over time. That is why our relationships are so fragile. It may take months or years to establish a high level of trust, but one act of unfaithfulness can destroy it. We can choose to forgive those who betray us, but it would take a long time to regain the trust that was lost.

I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all.

I wasn't in a hurry. I never have to be in any particular place at any particular time. Let time watch me, not me it.