Robert Greene on Time Quotes

"You must learn to wait for the right moment. Striking too early is just as bad as striking too late."

"Time is the ultimate predator. It will eventually consume you. Your goal is to make it your ally."

"Time is the great equalizer. We all have the same twenty-four hours; the difference is in how we use them."

"The time you spend in solitude is the time when you truly grow. Do not fear it."

"Use time to build your reputation. It takes years to build and only seconds to destroy."

"Never seem to be in a hurry—hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, and over time."

"Dead time is when you are waiting for things to happen to you. Alive time is when you make things happen."

"Your life is a series of moments. If you waste the moments, you waste the life."

"The feeling of urgency is often a trap. Step back and look at the larger time scale."

"We often waste time because we are afraid of the work that needs to be done. Procrastination is a fear of the clock."

"Mastery is not a destination; it is a process that unfolds over time."

"Understand: the time that remains to you is short. You must realize that every moment is a choice."

"To be a master, you must be a student of time. You must know how long things actually take."

"Everything depends on how you use your time. Use it to gain more power, or it will be used against you."

"The feeling that we have all the time in the world is the greatest delusion of the human mind."

"The art of waiting is the art of preparing. Never just wait; always be ready."

"If you don't control your time, someone else will control it for you."

"The apprentice must accept that time is the primary teacher. There are no shortcuts to deep knowledge."

"Every second you spend worrying about what others think is a second of your life you will never get back."

"There are two types of time: Dead Time, when people are passive and waiting, and Alive Time, when people are learning and acting."

"Strategic timing means knowing when to slow down and when to accelerate with overwhelming force."

"The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus."

"Time is the only resource that is truly finite. Once it is gone, you can never buy it back."

"The best way to manage time is to eliminate the things that do not serve your long-term purpose."

"Do not let yourself be a victim of time. Be the one who dictates the tempo of the interaction."

"Time heals wounds, but it also creates opportunities if you are patient enough to wait for them."

"The long-term perspective is the ultimate power. It allows you to see the patterns that others miss because they are in a hurry."

"The clock is always ticking. Let that reality motivate you rather than paralyze you."

"Time is an artificial element that we create. We must learn to manipulate it to our advantage."

"Impatience is a form of emotional weakness. It means you cannot control your internal clock."

"Patience is not a passive thing; it is an active, strategic use of time."

"In the long run, the time that you have wasted on the way to your goal is not wasted time at all. It is part of the process."

"When you are in a state of flow, time disappears. This is the highest level of human performance."