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Dominique Bouhours · John Adams, On his bed, not knowing Jefferson had died only a few hours earlier-July 4th, 1826

I have a theory that the truth is never told during the 9 to 5 hours. – Hunter S. Thompson
I have learned this at least by my experiment that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. – Henry David Thoreau
I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. – Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", pp. 323- 324
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe. – Abraham Lincoln
Remember that life is not measured in hours but in accomplishments. – James A. Pike
Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. – H. Jackson Browne
Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldn't buy an extra hour. What will you do with this priceless treasure Remember, you must use it, as it is given only once. Once wasted you cannot get it back. – Unknown
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong – Jane Austen
Vulnerant omnia, ultima necat. (All the hours wound you, the last one kills) – Latin Proverb
It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours. – Sam Ewig
I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work 15 and 16 hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example. – Mario M Cuomo
Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. – Robert Frost
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. – Robert Frost
Days change so many things -- yes, hours -- we see so differently in suns and showers. – George Klingle
Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year – Peter Ustinov
Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year? – Peter Ustinov
Disasters have no mercy hours where they stop visiting the people; for them, all hours are favourite and legitimate to visit! – Mehmet Murat ildan
Even the longest hours come to an end. – Jose Raul Bernardo, Silent Wing (Simon & Schuster, 1998) One of the Best Novels of 1998 (LA Times)
Finding nemo took two hours, finding love take two people – Daniel Perez
Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily. – Arthur Brisbane
Hither the heroes and nymphs resort,To taste awhile the pleasures of a courtIn various talk th'instuctive hours they past,Who gave the ball, or paid the visit lastOne speaks the glory of the British Queen,And one describes a charming Indian screenlA third interprets motions, looks and eyesAt every word a reputation dies. – Alexander Pope
I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing. - Quote – Marilyn Monroe
I am now going to make you a gift that will stay with you the rest of your life. For the rest of your life, every time you say 'We've always done it that way,' my ghost will appear and haunt you for twenty-four hours. – Grace Murray Hopper
I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.' – Winston Churchill

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