Quotes About Timing

Remember, the early worm gets devoured by the early bird.

The worse thing that can happen to anyone, worse than death itself, and the worst thing one can make others do, is to return from the place from which no one returns, to come back to life at the wrong time, when you are no longer expected, when it's too late and inappropriate, when the living have assumed you are over and done with and have continued or taken up their lives again, leaving no room for you at all.

Es una ley de la existencia que quien ha luchado por conseguir algo sin lograrlo, lo obtenga en el momento en el cual abandona el deseo.

A little impatience (carefully applied and infused with

Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.

the strength, the right action or the resource will be there when you need it, not before, not after.

The answer, the strength, the right action or the resource will be there when you need it, not before, not after.

NO TE PREOCUPES POR EL FRUTO DE TUS ACCIONES: mantente atento a la acción misma. El fruto ya vendrá cuando corresponda.

meant action was expected. But it wasn't too late. All I had to do was tell him

How impatience men are! All Jack has to do to get everything he wants is to keep quiet and let that girl marry him; whereas I have to calculate and contrive, and retreat and advance, as if I were going through an intricate dance where one misstep would throw me hopelessly out of time.

Theodora usually found that her good intentions matured too late for practical results.

Never try to sell at the top. It isn't wise. Sell after a reaction if there is no rally.

The reason is that a man may see straight and clearly and yet become impatient or doubtful when the market takes its time about doing as he figured it must do. That is why so many men in Wall Street, who are not at all in the sucker class, not even in the third grade, nevertheless lose money. The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight.

If I knew I was going to die tomorrow, And Spring came the day after tomorrow, I would die peacefully, because it came the day after tomorrow. If that's its time, when else should it come? I like it that everything is real and everything is right; And I like that it would be like this even if I didn't like it. And so, if I die now, I die peacefully Because everything is real and everything is right.

Mi madre lo decía: hay un reloj de esperar y otro de despedirse; el de esperar siempre atrasa.

very often our victories were squeaked out in the last few minutes, after we had drained the life from our opponents. Games – like life – are all about waiting for chances and then pouncing on them.

Games–like life–are all about waiting for chances and then pouncing on them.

There is also the question of when you should make a decision. There are probably only two times to do so - too early and too late. If I was going to err on making one of those mistakes, I far preferred to make the decision earlier rather than later. That's much easier to say than to do.

A prudent chief not always must display His pow'rs in equal ranks, and fair array, But with th' occasion and the place comply, Conceal his force, nay seem sometimes to fly.

Too many people miss out on real love because they're too busy waiting for the ONE to show up

To you I shall say, as I have often said before, 'Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last '. — Jane Austen

SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.

I'm at a point where there isn't any wasted movement in the throwing motion. Everything is consistent and smooth. When I first got into the league, I held the ball really high. That was the standard in college, and it messed up my timing a little bit - the draw, bringing it back, then the release.

I do believe in doing the work and getting yourself together because love can be right in your face, but if you're not ready to receive it, it will be wasted.