If we could be mindful of how short our time is, we might learn how precious each day is.

We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn’t matter. Life is to be lived

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth — and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up — that we will begin to live each day to the fullest.

Si quelques heures font une grande différence dans le cœur de l’homme, faut-il s’en étonner ? Il n’y a qu’une minute de la vie à la mort.

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.

What we put into every moment is all we have.

Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.

Some things are within our power while others are not.

La vie est trop courte pour que nous en perdions une part précieuse à nous contrefaire.

Life's a short trip. You'll find out.

Each exists for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe.

Our life is as short as a raging fire:
flames the passer-by soon forgets,
ashes the wind blows away.
A man's life.

The brief arc of our days,
O Sestius,
prevents us from launching
prolonged hopes.

We have so little control over our lives. The only thing we can really control is what we spend our days on. What we work on and how hard we work on it.