Quotes About Timing

Giving peace a chance only gives Saddam Hussein more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in pursuit of ambitions that will only grow as his power to achieve them grows.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.

the worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation

When an invading force crosses a river in its onward march, do not advance to meet it in mid-stream. It will be best to let half the army get across, and then deliver your attack.

So long as victory can be attained, stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.

A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.

Man with a crossbow in the proper position at the proper time's worth a corps of heavy artillery half an hour late and ten miles down the road from where it should be.

This is the right time, and this is the right thing.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

I have been lucky in that I've been alive at times when the things that I wanted to do were capable of being done.

If God answers 'Yes', He is increasing your faith. If 'Wait', He is increasing your patience. If 'No', He has something better for you.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Too often, feelings arrive too soon, waiting for thoughts that often come too late.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

The toughest test of good judgment is to know when to withhold your better judgment.

Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.

The histories of the lives and fortunes of men are full of instances of this nature,--where favorable times and lucky accidents have done for them, what wisdom or skill could not.

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

We are in hot haste to set the world right and to order all affairs; the Lord hath the leisure of conscious power and unerring wisdom, and it will be well for us to learn to wait.

He who hesitates is sometimes wise.