If I had to choose my best day ever, my finest hour, my wildest dream come true, mine would be you.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
I was in the death struggle with self: God and Satan fought for my soul those three long hours. God conquered — now I have only one doubt left — which of the twain was God?
Ignatius, when he heard the clock strike, would say, "Now I have another hour to answer for. " (Eph. 5:16)
The dramatist's function is (1) to earn a living for his family and himself and (2) to try to entertain people for a few hours.
Truly time should be measured by events, and not by the lapse of hours.
The poor have very few hours in which to enjoy themselves; they must take their pleasure raw; they haven't the time to cook it.
How do I look so young? Quite simple: a complete vegetable diet, 12 hours sleep a night, and lots and lots of make-up.
An hour of your life is worth more than a thousand people to me.
It is said that it takes 10,000 hours to develop mastery and excellence. How many hours have you clocked today on your passion?
I'm a books person. Yes, I have a Kindle. I used it for an hour and a half and put it in the closet.
Depending on where I am in the process, sometimes I have a page count and sometimes I don't. Sometimes I have an hour count; sometimes I'm just happy to string a few words together. I do keep pretty rigorous hours, because otherwise you never get anything done.
Learning to be extremely disciplined has been the key for me. I work really hard during work hours and family really hard during family hours. Family does always come first though, in any situation.
On those days when I can spend a few hours getting some understanding, I feel fulfilled. I feel as if I have made good use of my time.
I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
As a child walking over a slippery and dangerous path cries out, " Father, I am falling! " and has but a moment to catch his father's hand, so every believer sees hours when only the hand of Jesus comes between him and the abysses of destruction.
Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.
I eat broccoli. I think about the plot. I pace in circles for hours, counter-clockwise, listening to music. I try to think of one detail in the scene I'm about to write that I'm really excited about writing. Until I can come up with that one detail, I pace.
Emotions are far harder things to understand than algebra and geometry, yet we spend hours in elucidating mathematics and expect such a problem as that of human relationships to solve itself.
Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.