"Time is money. We have
no right to waste it.
Time is power.
We have no right to dissipate it.
Time is influence.
We have no right to throw it away.
Time is life. We
must value it.
Time is a sacred trust
from God. We must answer for every moment.
Time is preparation for
eternity. We must redeem it."
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"I have only just a minute,
Only sixty seconds in it,
Forced upon me - can't refuse
it,
Didn't seek it - didn't choose
it,
But it's up to me to use it.
I must suffer if I lost it,
Give account if I abuse it.
Just a tiny little minute -
But eternity is in it."
--Christine Warren--
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"When as a child, I laughed and
wept, Time crept;
When as a youth, I dreamed and
talked, Time walked;
When I became a full grown man,
Time ran;
When older still I daily grew,
Time flew;
Soon I shall find in traveling
on, Time gone.
--Anonymous--
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Richard L. Evans:
"Maybe we ought to make our own time-and-motion studies in our
personal pursuits, and note the
difference between going forward and
merely going through motions,
and not so much needlessly do the same
things over and over again, such
as sometimes shifting and shuffling
the same pile of papers and putting
them in different places, without
really clearing up the clutter,
sometimes doing essentially the same with
problems--worrying and reworrying
about the same ones without doing
what can or should be done;
sometimes wrestling with the same habits,
the same appetites, the
same troubled conscience, without really
repenting or improving or really
learning our lessons...Oh, may we have
the wisdom to use the little
time, the precious life, to do what should be
done, to learn what should be
learned, to live as we should live: repenting,
improving, performing, with a
blessed sense of peace and purpose--not
just rearranging our problems--not
just rushing around."
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Take time to think---it's the
source of power;
Take time to read---it's the
fountain of knowledge;
Take time to play---it's the
secret of perpetual youth.
Take time to be friendly---it's
the road to happiness;
Take time to laugh---it's the
mirror of the soul;
Take time to give---it's ungodly
to be selfish.
Take time to work---it's the
price of success;
Take time to love and be loved---it's
God's given privilege;
Take time to pray---it's the
greatest power on earth.
Take time---it's yours!
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A Prayer For Today
"This is the beginning of a new
day. God has given me this day to use as
I will. I can waste it--or
use it for good, but what I do today is important,
because I am exchanging a day
of my life for it! When tomorrow comes,
this day will be gone forever,
leaving in its place something that I have
traded for it. I want it
to be gain, and not loss; good, and not evil; success,
and not failure; in order
that I shall not regret the price that I have paid
for it."
--Dr. Heartsill Wilson--
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Take Time
Take time to work with love,
It is the assurance of success.
Take time for joyous play,
It is the secret of renewing
youth.
Take time to think creatively,
It is the foundation of wisdom.
Take time to love your fellow
men,
It is the gateway to heaven.
Take time each day for silence,
It is the storehouse of God.
Take time to worship God,
It is the highway of peace.
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