Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

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

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

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

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.

Time drinketh up the essence of every great and noble action which ought to be performed, and which is delayed in the execution.

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

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

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’.

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.

He who will not when he may, may not when he will.

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

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

Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.

History punishes those who come too late.

We all know of people who thought they could to it (whatever “it” is) tomorrow. We have all procrastinated on such a way, and often to our personal regret. It happens time and again, putting off things that we convince ourselves might be better, more meaningful, more appropriate for another time. So often that better time either never comes or really isn’t better or more appropriate after all. And then, sadly, the window of opportunity -to do something great- closes.

He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he repents himself of time.

While the grasse groweth the horse starveth.

The best time to do something significant is between yesterday and tomorrow.

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

If you have dreams you want to pursue, the time is now. There is no perfect time, and there is no better time. There is only the time you lose while you're making excuses.

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

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