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Quotes About Delay

But be patient: you reap what you sow, you reap later than you sow, and you reap more than you sow.
~ Ginger Plowman
We're hanging around waiting for this to not seem so painful when the fact is it's only going to get more painful the longer we hang around.
~ Glen Duncan
A hundred years ago, it could take you the better part of a year to get from New York to California; whereas today, because of equipment problems at O'Hare, you can't get there at all." Dave Barry
~ Glenn Meade
As Dr. King once said, "Justice too long delayed is justice denied.
~ Gloria Steinem
As Dr. King once said, "Justice too long delayed is justice denied." If
~ Gloria Steinem
When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long.
~ Gloria Stuart
Did not pleasure depend on an architecture of perspective--on contrast and delay, withholding and loss? Did not true enjoyment rely in facing the future?
~ Gordon Dahlquist
Did not pleasure depend on an architecture of perspective—on contrast and delay, withholding and loss? Did not true enjoyment rely on facing the future?
~ Gordon Dahlquist
The man who wants to be an angel is never in a hurry to begin.
~ Lemuel K. Washburn
Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow.
~ German proverb
A fast is better than a bad meal.
~ Irish proverb
Soon never comes soon enough to a young child.
~ Jacqueline Carey
sobrevivir solo es postergar el momento de morir
~ Jacqueline Harpman
Be not impatient in delays But wait as one who understands; When spirit rises and commands The gods are ready to obey.
~ James Allen
College. Owning a home. Marriage. Children. Having a cushy job. Postponing our dreams for when there will be money. "Work hard and succeed!" Ten thousand hours to mastery. And so on.
~ James Altucher
If too many things have to happen in order to bring about the situation you want, then back out of it and try again later.
~ James Altucher
Tell me, he said, What is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must wait, we must wait. what are they waiting for? Well […] I guess people wait in order to make sure of what they feel. And when you have waited—-has it made you sure?
~ James Baldwin
Tell me,' he said, 'what is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must wait. What are they waiting for?
~ James Baldwin
Tell me," he said, "what is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must wait, we must wait. What are they waiting for?
~ James Baldwin
Tell me', he said, 'what is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must wait, we must wait. What are they waiting for? [...] 'I guess people wait in order to make sure of what they feel.' 'In order to make sure!' [...] 'And when you have waited - has it made you sure?
~ James Baldwin
Tell me,' he said, 'what is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must wait, we must wait. What are they waiting for?
~ James Baldwin
It took about one century for them [the negative consequences] to show up clearly. Many
~ James C. Scott
There is no getting into the future except by waiting.
~ James Gleick
By ignoring tomorrow, we undermine today.
~ Jamais Cascio