J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

You can make more money - you can buy a new body - but you can't buy time. If you are wasting it, make different choices. Don't wait.

Live, so you do not have to look back and say: 'God, how I have wasted my life.'

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

You know, in life there are only three or four fundamental decisions to make. The rest is just luck.

I've been a long time coming, and I'll be a long time gone. You've got your whole life to do something, and that's not very long.

I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.

Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.

Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator.

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.

I act as if my life depends on each decision. Because it does.

We are all, right now, living the life we choose.

I'm born, and I die, but in between that, I can do whatever I want or have a strong opinion about something.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

You need to think and live your life. You only live once. That's how it is.

Time is the most valuable thing in life because it never comes back. And whether you spend it in the arms of a loved one or alone in a prison cell, life is what you make of it.

I'm not one of these people who likes to do as little as possible. I really do feel the hot breath of time on the back of my neck these days. And there are certain things I want to do before my time is up.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

I left acting for a couple of years to found my company, Wayfarer, and the first project I did was this documentary series I created called 'My Last Days' to remind us that our time is limited and to inspire us to do more and to be the best selves that we can be.

Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I saw her die without fulfilling her dreams that my time was now or maybe never.