John T. Chambers Quotes

Haste is blind and improvident.

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

He who decides in haste repents in haste.

Every time I've rushed into something, that's usually when I have regrets.

The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.

When you start rushing into things, that's when you get some deals that may not be the right ones.

If we all leap before we crawl, we might fall.

I'm one of the slowest drivers on the road. I mosey along. If you're doing anything too fast, including living life too fast, that creates sudden death. If I have to be somewhere on time, I make sure I leave early enough.

Act quickly, think slowly.

It calmed me down to see that most of the time no-one gets the scene on the first take.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

I'm not going to rush anything and scamper around like a mad person and make myself crazy.

One cannot move so fast so as to invite a backlash.

In the legislature promptitude of decision is oftener an evil than a benefit.

History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them.

Anything worth doing is worth doing twice, the first time quick and dirty and the second time the best way you can.

Things happen slower than you think that they will, but when they do occur, they happen much faster than you think they will.

I got a few speeding tickets when I was young, but I'm a little more like the turtle than the hare.

People believe practice makes perfect, but it doesn't. If you're making a tremendous amount of mistakes, all you're doing is deeply ingraining the same mistakes.

The thing I love about making movies is the peace of mind that I know I don't have to be perfect the first time. I can be perfect the second time or the third time.

The biggest thing I take away from practice and every meeting in the NFL is it's a process. If you miss a question in a meeting, that's fine. We'll correct it, but don't do it again. If you miss a throw or an adjustment, it's fine.

I have to go at a good pace because how you practice, that's how you play.

When you are nervous, then you can rush things, and you don't do things as well as you'd like.