Before Time Slips Away, Read These 33 Rare Quotes That Changed Everything for Me
Time is the one currency we can’t earn back.
We spend it without even realizing it,
often on things that don’t truly matter in the long run.
It’s easy to get lost in the daily grind, postponing our dreams
and quieting our inner voice for a “someday” that may never come.
I spent years searching for a sign, a spark,
something to jolt me into living more intentionally.
These aren’t just quotes; they are condensed lessons from lives fully lived.
They changed everything for me. Don’t wait for a wake-up call. Let these words be yours.
Quotes
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” — Mark Twain
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” — Rumi
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” — Haruki Murakami
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” — Lena Horne
“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” — J.K. Rowling
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway
“Sometimes you don’t realize the weight of something you’ve been carrying until you feel the weight of its release.” — Unknown
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” — Maya Angelou
“Sometimes, when you’re in a dark place, you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted.” — Christine Caine
“The lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud.” — Buddhist Proverb
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” — Steve Jobs
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” — Joseph Campbell
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” — John D. Rockefeller
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou
“The trouble is, you think you have time.” — Buddha
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.” — Rumi
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs
“Everything you can imagine is real.” — Pablo Picasso
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” — Carl Jung
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” — Henry David Thoreau
“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” — Oprah Winfrey
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” — Nido Qubein
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart.” — Helen Keller
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, not as you think it should be.” — Wayne Dyer
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” — Audrey Hepburn
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Nelson Mandela
