Quotes About Timing

There is a time to act, and a time to wait, to listen, to observe. Then understanding and clarity can grow. From understanding, action arises that is purposeful, firm, and powerful.

God simply does not run this world by our timetable. What feels like a delay to us is right on schedule by His calendar. He often makes us wait, not to frustrate us, but to deepen our trust in Him.

Therefore, the delays we face are not a denial of His promises; rather, they are an integral part of His strategy to arrange all the details and get us positioned for His excellent plan.

The most profound need of your soul is to be still in the presence of God. Stop wrestling with your troubles or worrying about circumstances—the Lord Almighty is greater than all of them. So calm your soul and focus on His astounding wisdom, ability, and timing.

We remain in our present circumstances until we receive further instructions and His intervention.

He who laughs last thinks slowest.

Fish should smell like the tide. Once they smell like fish, it's too late.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

How come wrong numbers are never busy?

I wish the first word I ever said was the word "quote" so right before I die I could say "unquote."

A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine.

I just read that men reach their sexual peak at 18. Women reach their sexual peak at 35. Do you get the feeling that God is into practical jokes? We're reaching our sexual peak right around the same time they're discovering they have a favorite chair.

A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.

A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime.

Sooner or later. It had better be sooner. Later is like the horizon; it recedes as you approach.

The gospel is only Good News if it gets there in time.

I don't come on to seduce the audience. I don't care if everyone laughs. I can't think about that anymore. If there's anything that a lot of experience on stage and a lot of stage time gives you is the confidence to know that it's ok if they're not laughing every second you're up there. Although that's what drives me and I still go too fast a lot of the time.

We constantly lived in the paradox of precariousness. The money was never there when you needed it, and it was always on time.

The best revenge, like the best sex, is performed slowly, and with the eyes open.

A liberal is a man who is right most of the time, but he's right too soon.

The right man, in the right place, at the right time, can steal millions.

No man goes before his time - unless the boss leaves early.

It's scary being loved. Because life is complicated and all too often it throws you off balance by sending you the right person at the wrong time.

No conté con la muerte. Siempre inoportuna. Inmerecida la mayor de las veces.