Quotes About Timing

La sorpresa, la rapidez y la intensidad del ataque están supeditadas al estado de preparación del enemigo en un momento dado. Todo movimiento emprendido por un bando puede ser anulado por un movimiento contrario del adversario. En una operación de esta clase, fuerza y tiempo vienen a ser magnitudes de valor equivalente y que pueden en gran medida expresarse en las mismas unidades: una semana perdida viene a equivaler a una división

We have always sent two-thirds of what was necessary a month too late.

He that will not when he may, When he will he shall have nay.

The great lesson we learn from life is when, and when not be, in the centre of things

Honey, you're the one who stopped sleeping with me, OK? It'll be a year come April 20th. I remember the date exactly, because it was Hitler's birthday

The only time that my wife and I had a simultaneous orgasm was when the judge signed the divorce papers.

I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for figs? What kind of thing is that to do to an innocent tree, wither it instantly?

Kairos is the inspiration for the Cretan chestnut "Opportunity makes thieves." What matters is the timing, not the target—seize any opportunity, even if it's not the one you planned.

Timing is very important: words can only have a positive effect on others if and when they are ready to listen.

I think if you're ahead of your time, you've failed. I think if you're behind the times, you've failed. I think the only way to measure success is being right on time with what people want.

It can be a sin to tell an untimely truth.

Learn to be patient..Even time waits for time

Opportunity comes often, but is only recognised once.

she'd learned not to ask every question that cane to mind, knowing some things would be understood in their own time

Yang lebih penting di dalam suatu peperangan dan revolusi adalah waktu yang tepat.

Because they're probably long gone. Are you hurt?" Gabe asked with enough urgency that she realized he must have felt shiver in delayed reaction to the hole in the door. "No. No, I'm okay. What a about you? Are you hurt?" "Only if you count the fact that you damned near ripped off my plumbing groping around for my phone." She made a sound of exasperation. "Now? You pick now to become a comedian?" "It's all about timing," he whispered back.

Sometimes God's ways are mysterious. Sometimes He reveals them bit by bit over long periods of time. Then sometimes they're just plain bizarre, but immediately clear -- picture-perfect.

True love is rarely convenient. It usually strikes at the most inopportune moments. Rather like lightening. There's never a good time to be hit by that either. Bam. Too late to argue.

In surfing, and maybe even in life, the trick is to use the calm between the waves to position yourself for the next one.

Many's the man lost much just because he missed a perfect opportunity to say nothing.

Many's the man lost much just because he missed a perfect opportunity to say nothing (page 64)

You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best.

All things in the fulness of time

The only way of catching a train I ever discovered is to miss the one before. G. K. Chesterton