Slow and Steady Quotes

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

No great thing is created suddenly.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

I’d rather be slow and right, than be fast and dead.

Slow but steady wins the race.

Nature never hurries: atom by atom, little by little, she achieves her work. The lesson one learns from yachting or planting is the manners of Nature; patience with the delays of wind and sun, delays of the seasons, bad weather, excess or lack of water.

We talk about long-term patient investing, and that idea that slow and steady does win the race, that time can be your best friend when it comes to investing. That's why we have a turtle as a logo at Ariel.

It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.

The race of life is a marathon, not a sprint.

Little by little does the trick.

Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Timing beats speed and I'm very strong at my weight.

There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere... There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

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.

Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.

Everything is so fast now, everything is so disposable now, there's no time to build up a career like we used to have in the past.

We live in a culture full of hares; but the tortoise always wins.

Running doesn't come easy to me, especially the first thirty or so minutes. My message is take it one step at a time.

You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.

Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.

I am not in a hurry to be number one. I don't want to be in the rat race in that sense.

When you're a young actor, there's this pressure to rush. But I hope to be doing this into my sixties and seventies, so I'd prefer to take my time.