Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Quotes

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

There is not only a right thing to do. There is a right time to do it.

Don't be so foolish as to ask for more time: calamities will not wait.

Act quickly, think slowly.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

The essential ingredient of politics is timing.

Delay is preferable to error.

You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.

You've got to look and pick your shots - and that's where your class and skill comes out.

The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back; it's bald in the back of the head and never turns around.

It is circumstance and proper timing that give an action its character and make it either good or bad.

It's better to act and to regret / Than to regret not to have acted

It is all very well to be cautious, but if we are too cautious we will miss our opportunity.

Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.

In politics and life, timing is everything.

I believe opportunity doesn't knock twice!

He that will not whan he may,Whan he would, he shall haue nay.

Know the right moment.

Or is there no such thing as 'too late'? Is there only 'late' and is 'late' always better than 'never'? I don't know.

Sometimes you don’t get a second chance. You need to take a chance when you have the opportunity. Always.

There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.

There is no such thing as 'too late' in life.

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity. To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip?