He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
- Topic: Goals, Preparation, Time
- Location: Yellowstone National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.
Rest not! Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.
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Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.
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Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.
