Joseph Roux Quotes

Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.

An opportunity missed once will present itself again, whereas a too hasty action can never be recalled.

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

Quite frequently, he who goes too fast gets there too late - or not at all.

You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.

Short cuts make long delays.

Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?

Delay is preferable to error.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

Haste is of the Devil.

Don't be so foolish as to ask for more time: calamities will not wait.

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

Having patience is one of the hardest things about being human. We want to do it now, and we don't want to wait. Sometimes we miss out on our blessing when we rush things and do it on our own time.

Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening.

Everything comes to him who waits -- if he waits till it comes.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

Well, if you're waitin' for a woman to make up her mind, you may have a a long wait.

Waiting is far more difficult than doing.

I think that we should not delay for the sake of delay, but delay until questions are answered.

Take time for all things.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.

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