He is invariably in a hurry. Being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life.
—Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945) English Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist
The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.
—Turkish Proverb
Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him.—Haste and hurry are very different things.
—Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) English Statesman, Man of Letters
I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
Waiting is one of life’s hardships.
—Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) (b.1970) American Author, Children’s Books
No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized.
—William C. Durant (1861–1947) American Industrialist
Nature never hurries, yet everything is accomplished.
—Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage
Haste usually turns upon being late, and may be avoided by a habit like that of Lord Nelson, to which he ascribed his success in life, of always being ten minutes too early.
—Christian Nestell Bovee (1820–1904) American Writer, Aphorist
Wisely and slow;—they stumble that run fast.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.
—A. A. Milne (1882–1956) British Humorist, Playwright, Children’s Writer
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
—Soren Kierkegaard (1813–55) Danish Philosopher, Theologian
Hurry is only good for catching flies.
—Russian Proverb
Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one. A weak man in office, like a squirrel in a cage, is laboring eternally, but to no purpose, and is in constant motion without getting on a job; like a turnstile, he is in everybody’s way, but stops nobody; he talks a great deal, but says very little; looks into everything but sees nothing; and has a hundred irons in the fire, but very few of them are hot, and with those few that are, he only burns his fingers.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
He bites his tongue who speaks in haste.
—Turkish Proverb
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
—Moliere (1622–73) French Playwright
This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.
—Matthew Arnold (1822–88) English Poet, Critic
Make haste slowly.
—Common Proverb
It is of no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
—Jean de La Fontaine (1621–95) French Poet, Short Story Writer
Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.
—John Wesley (1703–91) British Methodist Leader, Preacher, Theologian
The longest way round is the shortest way home.
—C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) Irish-British Academic, Author, Literary Scholar
Haste trips its own heels, and fetters and stops itself.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Hurry and cunning are the two apprentices of despatch and skill, but neither of them ever learns the master’s trade.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English Humanist, Pacifist, Satirist, Short Story Writer
God made time, but man made haste.
—Irish Proverb
Fraud and deceit are ever in a hurry.—Take time for all things.—Great haste makes great waste.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge.
—James Thurber
Modest wisdom plucks me from over-credulous haste.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Haste is of the devil.
—The Holy Quran Sacred Scripture of Islam
Haste and rashness are storms and tempests, breaking and wrecking business; but nimbleness is a full, fair wind, blowing it with speed to the haven.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
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