Samuel Johnson Quotes

I think the biggest problem we have is taking too long over things. Not in terms of getting it right, but sometimes we do things quickly that are really good.

No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind; despatch of a strong one.

The second best decision in time is infinitely better than the perfect decision too late.

Why cannot one always do, not only the right thing, but at the right time?

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

You've got to make haste while it's still light of day.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

Delay is not our friend. Delay is our enemy.

In delay there lies no plenty.

Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.

The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.

Move fast. A sense of urgency is the one thing you can develop that will separate you from everyone else. When you get a good idea, do it now.

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

If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well. It were done quickly.

The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

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 plan to face tomorrow, do it soon.

If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.

Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.

And of all glad words of prose or rhyme, The gladdest are Act while there yet is time

Whatever can be done another day can be done today.

He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.