"Amende to-day and slack not, Deythe cometh and warneth not, Tyme passeth and speketh not." —Unattributed Author on Sun Dial Mottoes
"As the long hours do pass away, So doth the life of man decay." —Unattributed Author on Sun Dial Mottoes
"Begone about your business." —Unattributed Author on Sun Dial Mottoes
"Give God thy heart, thy service, and thy gold; The day wears on, and time is waxing old. - Unattributed Author," —Unattributed Author on Sun Dial Mottoes
"If o'er the dial glides a shade, redeem The time for lo! it passes like a dream; But if 'tis all a blank, then mark the loss Of hours unblest by shadows from the cross." —Unattributed Author on Sun Dial Mottoes
"In the day, do the day's work." —Unattributed Author on Sun Dial Mottoes
"Live ye, he says, I flee." —Unattributed Author on Sun Dial Mottoes
"Our life's a flying shadow, God's the pole, The index pointing at Him is our soul; Death the horizon, when our sun is set, Which will through Christ a resurrection get." —Unattributed Author on Sun Dial Mottoes
"The Natural Clock-work by the might One Wound up at first, and ever since have gone." —Unattributed Author on Sun Dial Mottoes
"I go away and come again each day, But thou shalt go away and ne'er return." —Anonymous on Sun Dial Mottoes
"Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil." —Bible on Sun Dial Mottoes
"I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work." —Bible on Sun Dial Mottoes
"True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun." —Barton Booth on Sun Dial Mottoes
"True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon." —Samuel Butler on Sun Dial Mottoes
""Horas non numero nisi serenas." There stands in the garden of old St. Mark A sun dial quaint and gray. It takes no heed of the hours which in dark Pass o'er it day by day. It has stood for ages amid the flowers In that land of sky and song. "I number none but the cloudless hours," Its motto the live day long." —Bishop William Croswell Doane on Sun Dial Mottoes
"I mark my hours by shadow; Mayest thou mark thine By sunshine." —Carol Brevoort Hilton Turvey on Sun Dial Mottoes
"Thou breathing dial! since thy day began The present hour was ever mark'd with shade." —Walter Savage Landor on Sun Dial Mottoes
"I count only the hours that are serene.
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"The hour of justice does not strike On the dials of this world. - Maurice Maeterlinck, Measure of the Hours," —Maurice Maeterlinck on Sun Dial Mottoes
"I am moved by the light. " —Maurice Maeterlinck on Sun Dial Mottoes
"Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er deplore, The flying shadow will return no more." —Maurice Maeterlinck on Sun Dial Mottoes
"O God! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials, quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes, how they run-- How many makes the hour full complete, How many hours brings about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many years a mortal man may live; When this is known, then to divide the times-- So many hours must I tend my flock, So many hours must I take my rest, So many hours must I contemplate, So many hours must I sport myself; So many days my ewes have been with young, So many weeks ere the poor fools will ean, So many months ere I shall shear the fleece. So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Passed over to the end they were created, Would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave. Ah, what a life were this!" —William Shakespeare on Sun Dial Mottoes
"Let others tell of storms and showers, I'll only mark your sunny hours." —Sun Dial Motto on Sun Dial Mottoes
"Hours fly, Flowers die. New days, New ways, Pass by. Love stays." —Sun Dial Motto on Sun Dial Mottoes
"Time is Too Slow for those who Wait, Too Swift for those who Fear, Too Long for those who Grieve, Too Short for those who Rejoice; But for those who Love, Time is not. - Henry Jackson van Dyke," —Henry Jackson Van Dyke on Sun Dial Mottoes
