John of Salisbury Quotes

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

The time to begin most things is ten years ago.

There’s only two times in life, there’s now and there’s too late.

No second chance?" A wry smile twisted Carrick's lips. "There might have been, had I not waited so long to take it.

I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if it is finally tackled with energy and received with joy. Or is there no such thing as "too late"? Is there only "late," and is "late" always better than "never"? I don't know.

Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it].

When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.

History punishes those who come too late.

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

Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.

if a thing is to be done, there is no time like the hour that has not struck.

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

If you wait for perfect conditions to seize an opportunity, you'll be waiting till the day you die.

No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

If you trap the moment before it's ripe, The tears of repentence you'll certainly wipe; But if once you let the ripe moment go You can never wipe off the tears of woe.

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

I missed the boat when I was doing Late Night.

If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

You never know, when you commit to something, what else could have been. I'm so bored with that concept anymore. 'If only I didn't do this, I could have done this.' It was in front of me, they asked me to do it, and it seemed like good timing.

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.