Quotes About Timing

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The return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four.

Although both Orion and Scorpio were honored by the celestials with a place among the stars, yet their situations were so ordered that when one rose the other should set, and vice versa; so that they never appear in the same hemisphere at the same time.

There is a Time to wink, as well as to see.

Get your money when the patient is in pain.

He marries best who puts it off until it is too late.

He's not so thick, said Reinhart. It's mainly a question of tempo.

Eyes must look far ahead, and thoughts be deeply pondered. Be bold and unremitting in attack. Give the wrong command, and two chariots are rendered useless. Come the right moment, a pawn can bring you victory.

A hero, he'd once heard, was a person caught in the right place at the wrong t

Harpo, she's a lovely person. She deserves a good husband. Marry her before she finds one.

But I want it done now, " said Miss Ophelia. What's your hurry?" Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in," said Miss Ophelia.

I fell in love with you that summer all those years ago. I never really told you, because of everything that happened. But I suppose I've been in love with you ever since. Everything's been wrong with us, timing -wise. Hasn't it? I just wanted you to know I wasn't an idiot, some stupid bastard who wanted to hurt you. I could never do that to you. There were reasons.

I've always been a person with patience, and I don't like to force things.

Waiting for God is not always an easy task, but in the end His blessings will far outweigh any blessing you can imagine.

When will it begin, anyway?" Sirus held his gaze for a moment, his eyes full of concern- a concern that Joss didn't understand. "Probably sooner than you're ready for." "When's that?" "Well." Sirus sighed, as if doing the math in his head."It'll take us about three minutes to gather this stuff and get to the cabin, and another two or three for Abraham to realize you're here. So I'd say you have about seven more minutes of freedom left.

Like all creations, I have come to understand that the messages I received have their own path to follow, and their own timing in which they needed to be set free.

What are you doing here?" I ask, stepping out of the car. "Waiting for you." He closes the car door behind me. "I called you earlier and your mom said you'd be home around nine. You're two minutes early." "Should I go away and come back?" "What do you think?" he asks, encircling my waist with his arms.

It's a good thing people's needs don't all arise at the same time; otherwise we wouldn't be able to meet them all.

But by the time those acquaintances became close friends, it was too late. Perhaps there was a perfect moment in between, when you were close enough to tell but not so close it was problematic that you hadn't done so already, but it was infinitesimal, too fleet and fleeting to pin down, visible not even in hindsight.

an insight can arrive long ahead of its usefulness.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

It's the easiest thing in the world to know God's will. You just wait and see what happens, and that's it.

Odd, isn't it? He really was the right man for her in a sort of way; but then as you know, it is a law of love that the so-called 'right' person always comes to soon or too late.

It's a principle of mine to come into the story as late as possible, and to tell it as fast as you can.