Quotes About Time and Watches

Time is the one resource that cannot be earned back, saved, or borrowed. These quotes about time and watches have been collected from philosophers, writers, artists, and innovators across centuries. Some are practical. Some are provocative. All are worth sitting with.

Quotes About Time

"Time heals all wounds."

"The sooner, the better."

"So much time, so little to do."

"Are we running, or are we running away?"

"The time that goes well will not come back."

"Time is something you only have if you take it."

"In a hundred years, everything will be forgotten."

"If time is money, we all live beyond our means."

"It's when we want to gain time that we lose it the most."

"Take care of the minutes. The hours take care of themselves."

"Most people would have a lot to enjoy if they only had time."

"The most important machine of the industrial age is not the steam engine, but the watch."

"Time is the wisest counselor of all." / Pericles

"Lost time is never found again." / Benjamin Franklin

"Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind." / Nathaniel Hawthorne

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." / Leo Tolstoy

"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." / William Penn

"We must use time as a tool, not as a couch." / John F. Kennedy

"Time is the longest distance between two places." / Tennessee Williams

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today." / Mother Teresa

Quotes About Watches

"A man who wears a watch knows what time it is. A man without a watch knows it when he wants to."

"The watch is the only piece of jewelry a man can wear without explanation." / Ian Fleming

"I don't wear a watch to tell the time. I wear it as an object." / Andy Warhol

"A fine watch, like a fine woman, only looks better as the years pass."

"The watch on the wrist tells you more about a man than the car in his garage."

"To wear a fine watch is to acknowledge that time matters enough to mark it well."

"Every watch has a story. The best ones keep writing it on your wrist."

On Making Better Use of Time

The watch has been more than a timekeeping tool for over a century - it is a daily reminder that time passes with or without your attention. Wearing one is, in some small way, a commitment to acknowledging that.

For those who have read this far: the rectangular watch has been the choice of people who valued precision and intention - from generals and aviators to artists and heads of state - for over a hundred years. If you are looking for a watch worth wearing, see our guide to the best rectangular watches in 2026, or browse the full Söner collection.