Haste Makes Waste Quotes

Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.

Anything worth doing is worth doing twice, the first time quick and dirty and the second time the best way you can.

Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast.

He takes the second step before the first

Too many cooks spoil the broth

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

Short cuts make long delays.

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

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Life's picking up speed.

When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.

I'm one of the slowest drivers on the road. I mosey along. If you're doing anything too fast, including living life too fast, that creates sudden death. If I have to be somewhere on time, I make sure I leave early enough.

Haste is blind and improvident.

I've always zoomed through life in a vain attempt to keep up with my sprinting brain. If I have to choose between doing something quickly and doing it right, I often select the speedier option.

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

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.

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.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

It never really mattered to me trying to get somewhere fast because if you get somewhere fast, you probably won't stay there too long.

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

Haste is of the Devil.

There's a process to everything. If you fast track or make shortcuts in any way, and you get too much of one thing, you're just out of balance.

If we rush too quickly to be scientific, to begin our experiment or catch our criminal as soon as possible, we risk never getting to the answer at all.

The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.