Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.

—Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

About Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (born August 31, 1938 in Dallas, Texas) is an American journalist and playwright.

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Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.

—Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

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Calendars are for careful people, not passionate ones.

—Chuck Sigars

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

—Carl Sandburg

An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.

—Bonnie Friedman

All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.

—Baltasar Gracián

The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.

—Abraham Lincoln

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