Anticipation Quote by Francis Quarles

Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.

— Thomas a Kempis

“Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire.”

— Thomas à Kempis

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Time is given us that we may take care for eternity; and eternity will not be too long to regret the loss of our…

— Francois Fenelon

Only eternal values can give meaning to temporal ones. Time must be the servant of eternity.

— Erwin W. Lutzer

The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Pleasure once tasted satisfies less than the desire experienced for its torments.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Time is like a river What has passed will never pass again so cherish every moment in time

— Abhishek Tiwari

Times of happiness, bliss, and sheer delight intensify as the higher levels of our minds are opened within us One our life on earth…

— Emanuel Swedenborg

Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment.

— William Blake

For the material, at best, is only temporal, or temporary, while that which may be built from spiritual desire, spiritual purposes, is eternal.

— Edgar Cayce

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in…

— Samuel Johnson