logo

Quotes About Timing

from the outside most people can't tell the rapid exploitation of a belatedly recognized opportunity from deep-laid planning.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
Miles decided he would have to point it out to his cousin at some appropriate moment, preferably when Ivan's mouth was full.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
Finding love isn't about finding someone at the right time. It's about finding the right person, regardless of the time.
~ Lolly Winston
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day,' and this is one of the times I'm right.
~ Lorena McCourtney
Un hombre inteligente siempre sabe cuando retirarse a tiempo...pero un hombre aun mas inteligente sabe cuando volver a empezar
~ Lori Foster
One of the problems with people in Chicago, she remembered, was that they were never lonely at the same time.
~ Lorrie Moore
Well, as to that, all I'll say is, you can't take out a fellow's heart before he's ready to give it up.
~ Louis Bayard
Sensitive periods are triggered via the interaction of genetic timing and experience. Sensitive periods are times of rapid learning when thousands of synaptic connections are made each second (Greenough, 1987; ten Cate, 1989). The timing of sensitive periods varies
~ Louis Cozolino
Christmas is such a trial,' said Mrs McCosh. 'I do most sincerely wish the Lord had been born at some other time.
~ Louis de Bernieres
For there are, in the affairs of men and nations, inexorable tides from which they cannot remain aloof. If they do not enter upon them prepared, they will be caught unprepared, and at the wrong time.
~ Louis L'Amour
There is no good time in which to die
~ Louis L'Amour
Learn to be in the right place at the right time and keep your own counsel.
~ Louis L'Amour
readiness for the midday meal. The
~ Rosie Harris
Miracles only happen when y' have done all you can, not before. Ye can ask for them, but ye might not get. But sometimes ye do. Sometimes they come without askin'. Oftentimes they can be explained by natural happenings, which perhaps they are, though timed just right. Above all, they are rare. Now mark me! There's one name for the man who claims to do miracles regularly, and that name is liar. Run from such a man.
~ Russell Kirkpatrick
The bird keeps silent and waits: it knows, or rather it fully and firmly believes, that everything takes place at its appointed time. Therefore the bird waits, but it knows that it is not granted to it to know the hour or the day; therefore it keeps silent. Then, when the moment comes, the silent bird understands that this is the moment; it makes use of it and is never put to shame.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
Arré Ahmed!" Amina Sinai yelled, "Janum, the baby! It's coming—bang on time!
~ Salman Rushdie
We know the principles of coaching. The art is knowing when to apply them.
~ James Counsilman
Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength
~ Helio Gracie
Practice all movements slow and fast, soft and hard; the effectiveness of Jeet Kune-Do depends on split-second timing and reflexive action, which can be achieved only through repetitious practice.
~ Bruce Lee
I've learnt not to draw my sword first to strike. That in no way portends I have the most feeble of minds or might . . . Probably, I'm waiting for the perfect moment to startle with a fatal strike.
~ Ufuoma Apoki
Whatever your grade or position, if you know how and when to speak, and when to remain silent, your chances of real success are proportionately increased.
~ Ralph C. Smedley
Fight only after creating conditions for victory.
~ Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
~ Biz Stone
Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation
~ Zig Ziglar