Portuguese Proverb Quotes

I would rather stop too soon than too late.

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

You cannot prepare enough for anything.

It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.

Sometimes it is better to delay.

Everything comes to him who waits -- if he waits till it comes.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

It's not about 'if', it's about 'when.'

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The time I had waited probably made the difference between success and failure.

Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.

Good things, you can't rush into them.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.

Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

The long run may be too long.

He who is well prepared has won the battle.

Defend yourselves instantly, and I say you will be wise: delay it, and you may wish in vain to do so hereafter.

Things come to him who can wait.

I really believe in hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.

I never like to get ahead of myself. I'm not one of those people that do that.

My parents prepared me for the worst, hoped for the best.