Quotes About Pace

Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.

No corras si sólo tienes fuerzas para andar

Jon Kabat-Zinn describes overwhelm as the all-too-common feeling "that our lives are somehow unfolding faster than the human nervous system and psyche are able to manage well.

Jesus does not speak about a change of activities, a change in contacts, or even a change of pace. He speaks about a change of heart.

Por qué tanta prisa por tener éxito, y por qué nos embarcamos en empresas tan desesperadas? Si un hombre no va al ritmo de sus acompañantes, tal vez sea que oye un tambor diferente. Dejad que baile al ritmo de la música que escucha, sin importar su compás ni la distancia desde donde llegue ese sonido» 2.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

Life had met him so, half-way, and had turned round so to walk with him, placing a hand in his arm and fondly leaving him to choose the pace.

fast ones, if you're impatient." She was silent a little after which she brought out: "Oh I guess it'll be fast enough!

New York makes even a rich man feel his unimportance. New York is cold, glittering, malign. The buildings dominate. There is a sort of atomic frenzy to the activity going on; the more furious the pace, the more diminished the spirit.

Leaders dramatically influence the culture of their organizations through their own work habits. Being a leader does not mean one has 'made it' and is now exempt from hard work. Rather, leaders should set the pace for others. Few things discourage employees and volunteers any more than lazy leaders. Leaders should not ask their people to undertake tasks they are unwilling to perform themselves.

Leaders ought never to allow the least motivated members of an organization to set the pace for the others. Rather

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.

When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.

Yoga is too slow.

It's very strange to go to cities like London and New York. People walk so quickly, they seem to be in a hurry all the time. And you don't say 'Hi' to everyone you meet, and you don't smile to everyone you meet, because there's just so many. Which is also very strange.

Nashville is only a couple of hours from New York, and people just move at a slower pace there - and they don't care who you are or what you do.

There's a real pace to New York life which in reality London doesn't match.

I love the city of New York. It's kind of fun. I grew up in the country, so I'm getting a little change of pace. The city has been great.

In New York, you walk everywhere, so you're amongst people all of the time, and everybody is in a hurry and going somewhere or has something on their minds. And in L.A., it's still much more of a laid-back life, at least in my experience.

Once you live in New York, you can't live anywhere else. Living in Paris is like going in slow motion. It's so bourgeois. I get so bored.

When I first moved here, I almost felt like I was obligated to hate L.A. as a New Yorker. I moved way too fast for this city. I walked everywhere, and I was lonely, too. It was a really hard time not knowing anybody, and you don't run into people the way you do in New York. You can go a week without seeing anyone.

I'm a New Yorker, so I speak really fast, naturally.

Young adults are honest readers. They won't stay with a book unless they have a reason, so it has to move along.

I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself.