David Malpass Quotes

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind .... This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, … taking the necessary time.

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

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

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

Haste is blind and improvident.

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

My mistakes are always around moving too slow or moving too fast without process behind it. And it's something that, if we're not careful, we'll repeat again and again.

Act quickly, think slowly.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.

Short cuts make long delays.

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

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.

There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.

I've just sort of jumped into relationships and moved in with people way too soon.

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

He takes the second step before the first

He who decides in haste repents in haste.

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

Don't marry the first person that proposes to you!