Paulo Coelho Quotes

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

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.

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.

There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time.

The best thing about lying in bed late is that you learn to distinguish between first things and trivia, for whatever presses on you has to prove its importance before it makes you move.

All urgent calls he shall hear at once, but never put off; for when postponed, they will prove too hard or impossible to accomplish.

I understand the law of sowing and reaping. It is a spiritual law that has tremendous physical implications. Every time that we delay or frustrate what we can do today, leaving it till tomorrow, we hold back the future. We, too, must reap what we have sown by experiencing delays.

The interruption we now impatiently put off may be the most important thing we could be doing at this particular time?

The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.

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

All things come to him who waits, but they are mostly leftovers from those who didn't wait.

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

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

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

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

We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words ‘Too Late’.

If you defer investing your time and energy until you see that you need to, chances are it will already be too late.

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

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

It is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. You may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the mean time your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering which of two things you should teach your child first, another boy has learned them both.

We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait.

If not me- who?, If not now- when?

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

A goal or decision without a deadline has no urgency. It has no real beginning or end.