--- title: "17 Lengthen Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 17 Lengthen quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Lengthen sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/david-lee-3951_football_i-d-like-to-lengthen-out-my-jump-shot-to_3015981.png" --- > [I'd like to lengthen out my jump shot to be a 3-point shooter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee/i-d-like-to-lengthen-out-my-jump-shot-to-be-a-3-point-shooter/) [David Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/david-lee-3951_football_i-d-like-to-lengthen-out-my-jump-shot-to_3015981.png) > [It is good To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-russell-lowell/it-is-good-to-lengthen-to-the-last-a-sunny-mood/) [James Russell Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-russell-lowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/james-russell-lowell-561_cheerfulness_it-is-good-to-lengthen-to-the-last-a-sun_2791160.png) > [I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roethke/i-teach-my-sighs-to-lengthen-into-songs/) [Theodore Roethke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roethke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/theodore-roethke-4077_inspirational_i-teach-my-sighs-to-lengthen-into-songs_2694648.jpg) > [To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/to-lengthen-thy-life-lessen-thy-meals/) [Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/benjamin-franklin-65_food_to-lengthen-thy-life-lessen-thy-meals-19_1941157.png) > [But stories somehow lengthen when begun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/but-stories-somehow-lengthen-when-begun/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/lord-byron-356_conversation_but-stories-somehow-lengthen-when-begun_1445132.jpg) > [Lengthen your stride/go the extra mile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-w-kimball/lengthen-your-stride-go-the-extra-mile/) [Spencer W. Kimball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-w-kimball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77c/spencer-w-kimball-1179_extra-mile_lengthen-your-stride-go-the-extra-mile-9_937466.jpg) > [To save time is to lengthen life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-adler/to-save-time-is-to-lengthen-life/) [Alfred Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-adler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/alfred-adler-4921_life_to-save-time-is-to-lengthen-life-2904902_2904902.jpg) > [We must lengthen our stride and must do it now because we over ate and feel fat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-w-kimball/we-must-lengthen-our-stride-and-must-do-it-now-because-we-over-ate/) [Spencer W. Kimball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-w-kimball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f9/spencer-w-kimball-1179_fats_we-must-lengthen-our-stride-and-must-do_2142107.jpg) > [I've been trying to get Mr. Finchem to lengthen 5 and 7 and 14 and 18 - and he's being a mule,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-dye/i-ve-been-trying-to-get-mr-finchem-to-lengthen-5-and-7-and-14-and-18/) [Pete Dye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-dye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/pete-dye-52420_inspirational_i-ve-been-trying-to-get-mr-finchem-to-le_3070460.jpg) > [We've learned how to lengthen life, but we don't know how to deepen it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vance-havner/we-ve-learned-how-to-lengthen-life-but-we-don-t-know-how-to-deepen-it/) [Vance Havner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vance-havner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/vance-havner-1699_deepen_we-ve-learned-how-to-lengthen-life-but-w_1621859.jpg) > [I hope that having my life and having an education will lengthen my career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-watson/i-hope-that-having-my-life-and-having-an-education-will-lengthen-my/) [Emma Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/emma-watson-1023_career_i-hope-that-having-my-life-and-having-an_2119925.jpg) > [Wander a whole summer if you can. Time will not be taken from the sum of life. Instead of shortening, it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/wander-a-whole-summer-if-you-can-time-will-not-be-taken-from-the-sum/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/john-muir-678_ifs_wander-a-whole-summer-if-you-can-time-wi_326788.png) > [If you can put a guy behind the plate that can hit in the middle of the order, it's just obviously gonna…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buster-posey/if-you-can-put-a-guy-behind-the-plate-that-can-hit-in-the-middle-of/) [Buster Posey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buster-posey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/buster-posey-5087_baseball_if-you-can-put-a-guy-behind-the-plate-th_40523.png) > [“There’s nothing but what’s bearable as long as a man can work,” he said to himself; “the natur o’ things doesn’t change,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/there-s-nothing-but-what-s-bearable-as-long-as-a-man-can-work-he-said/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/george-eliot-84_change_there-s-nothing-but-what-s-bearable-as-l_1093601.jpg) > [“I want to lengthen, not shorten, my attention span, and most of the material splendors of the twenty-first century bully me in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-connors/i-want-to-lengthen-not-shorten-my-attention-span-and-most-of-the/) [Phillip Connors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-connors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/phillip-connors-76065_73_i-want-to-lengthen-not-shorten-my-attent_2318424.jpg) > [Wander a whole summer if you can. Thousands of God's blessings will search you and soak you as if you were a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/wander-a-whole-summer-if-you-can-thousands-of-god-s-blessings-will/) [John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/john-muir-678_big-day_wander-a-whole-summer-if-you-can-thousan_777825.png) > [Let us strive the more earnestly therefore to lengthen out our span of life-- life that is poured out like water and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-younger/let-us-strive-the-more-earnestly-therefore-to-lengthen-out-our-span/) [Pliny the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/pliny-the-younger-15981_action_let-us-strive-the-more-earnestly-therefo_989229.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lengthen/#itemlist", "name": "Lengthen Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, 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Time will not be taken from the sum of life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Muir" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/wander-a-whole-summer-if-you-can-time-will-not-be-taken-from-the-sum/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/john-muir-678_ifs_wander-a-whole-summer-if-you-can-time-wi_326788.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/john-muir-678_ifs_wander-a-whole-summer-if-you-can-time-wi_326788.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/john-muir-678_ifs_wander-a-whole-summer-if-you-can-time-wi_326788.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Wander a whole summer if you can. Time will not be taken from the sum of life. 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