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Quotes About Timing

Remember, there is no perfect time for anything. There is only now.
~ Jack Canfield
Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.
~ James Baker
Things take a long time, but when it's right things move fast.
~ James Blunt
Not everyone who works hard makes their dream come true. You need luck and hard work and being in the right place at the right time but I still very much believe it's possible.
~ James Frey
Ask yourself, "When does this decision have to be taken?" and having answered it, defer the decision until then, in order to give yourself maximum pondering time.
~ John Cleese
The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy.
~ John Templeton
Reverse the ball one time for a good shot, two times for a great shot, three times for a layup.
~ John Wooden
The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.
~ Josh Billings
In chess you might find a good move. Then you might find a better move. But take your time. Find the best move.
~ Joshua Waitzkin
A lot of girls ask for advice on how to get into acting, and I'm kind of the worst person to ask, because it just kind of fell in my lap... I was just in the right place at the right time.
~ Alexis Bledel
The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
~ Barbara Corcoran
I'm sittin' on my watch so I can be on time.
~ Bob Dylan
You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year...unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.
~ Bob Uecker
A show needs time to find an audience, and they're very quick to pull them off the air now.
~ Bruce Boxleitner
I always question whether it's the right time for anything I do.
~ Bruce Willis
I think that the greatest education in the world is the education which helps one to be able to do the right things at the time it has to be done.
~ Charles Kettering
Investors repeatedly jump ship on a good strategy just because it hasn't worked so well lately, and, almost invariably, abandon it at precisely the wrong time.
~ David Dreman
Timing is everything. That's a cliche. Now. If I'd said that a long time ago, I'd have been original.
~ Demetri Martin
The best advice I ever received was to not rush time. Things will present themselves when the time is right.
~ Denzel Whitaker
When the time is right, you just got to do it.
~ J. R. Simplot
I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.
~ Julius Erving
In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that.
~ Mark Twain
Great leaders have to know when to divide that line from being selfless to being selfish, and he perfectly chose the time to be selfish and made plays.
~ Michael Irvin
For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.
~ Michel Patini