Bernhard Schlink Quotes

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

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

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.

There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

History punishes those who come too late.

Why couldn't it have been done 2 years ago, and why will 2 years in the future be too late?

The time to begin most things is ten years ago.

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

If you wait until you are ready, it is almost certainly too late.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

Some of our important choices have a time line. If we delay a decision, the opportunity is gone forever. Sometimes our doubts keep us from making a choice that involves change. Thus an opportunity may be missed.

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

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

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

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

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

Better to be too early and have to try again, than be too late and have to catch up.

Who seeks, and will not take, when once 'tis offer'd, Shall never find it more.

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

Everything comes too late for those who only wait.

There is, by God's grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.