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Quotes About Timing

Though it is hard to wait on God, and though it sometimes seems to us that God is slow, God's timing is always perfect. He is never late. He always acts at just the right time.
~ Unknown
perhaps we only notice things when the time comes for us to pay attention to them. When they need us to see them…
~ Nancy Holder
bless us and deliver us. He will not forsake us. As my husband is fond of saying, "God loves cliff-hangers." He loves to deliver us at the last moment to see if we will trust Him and not flinch.
~ Nancy Wilson
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Faith in God includes Faith in God's timing.
~ Neal A. Maxwell
Patient endurance permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord and our faith in His timing when we are being tossed about by the surf of circumstance. Even when a seeming undertow grasps us, somehow, in the tumbling, we are being carried forward, though battered and bruised.
~ Neal A. Maxwell
Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than His
~ Neal A. Maxwell
The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also His timing. If we can truly believe He has our welfare at heart, may we not let His plans unfold as He thinks best? The same is true with the second coming and with all those matters wherein our faith needs to include faith in the Lord's timing for us personally, not just in His overall plans and purposes.
~ Neal A. Maxwell
Faith in God includes faith in His timing.
~ Neal A. Maxwell
It's funny how a flame can only burn your hand if you move too slow, you can tease it all you want and it never gets you, if you're quick enough.
~ Neal Shusterman
In life, people tend to wait for good things to come to them. And by waiting, they miss out. Usually, what you wish for doesn't fall in your lap; it falls somewhere nearby, and you have to recognize it, stand up, and put in the time and work it takes to get to it. This isn't because the universe is cruel. It's because the universe is smart. It has its own cat-string theory and knows we don't appreciate things that fall into our laps.
~ Neil Strauss
Hitler has missed the bus.
~ Neville Chamberlain
Signs follow, they do not precede.
~ Neville Goddard
Signs follow, they do not precede".
~ Neville Goddard
If you call the day after, you're maybe a bit desperate because, since the first day is out of the question, the second day is really the first day, so you're calling on the first day. If they're going to call, people call on the third day.
~ Unknown
If they didn't sail soon, the invasion would have to be postponed, perhaps until the following year.
~ Unknown
His ships might arrive in time to save the day, or they might arrive in time to be destroyed in their turn.
~ Unknown
Napoleon decided to wait. Spring 1805 was the time.
~ Unknown
By mid-afternoon, Villeneuve was forced to abandon any hope of getting his fleet out before dusk.
~ Unknown
It could not have happened at a worse moment for the Victory.
~ Unknown