English book · UNDERSTANDING ISLAM

The Importance Of Time

English book, p. 245

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

The Principle of Patience Here are a few timeless sayings that reflect this idea: • I wasted time, and now time is wasting me.— Shakespeare • Opportunity knocks on your door only once.— Proverb • The secret of success in life is being ready for every opportunity that comes.— Disraeli • The train of time runs fast for the one who stands on the side watching it. But it stops for the one who runs alongside on the parallel track at the same speed.— Einstein • Time is a blessing that has no substitute.—Baba Farid • Don’t delay doing something today, because tomorrow may never come.—Chesterfield • You can buy everything with a price, but time is the one thing that has no price.—Khan Khanan • If you love life, don’t waste time, because life is just made up of moments of time. — Franklin • There is no better time to begin something than right now.— English Proverb • Using a small opportunity correctly makes it big, and using a big opportunity wrongly makes it small.— Sweet Marden • Not every mistake can be undone, and not every opportunity comes again.— Arabic Saying

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