Quotations About Haste

The West has made people too time-conscious, not knowing where they are going but speeding to get there because time is short.

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.  

John Wesley

The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.  

Turkish Proverb

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.  

Lao Tzu

If you must be in a hurry, then let it be according to the old adage, and hasten slowly. 

Saint Vincent de Paul

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.  

Soren Kierkegaard

He bites his tongue who speaks in haste.  

Turkish Proverb

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit.  Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.  

St Francis de Sales

Waiting is one of life's hardships.  

Lemony Snicket

Rivers know this:  there is no hurry.  We shall get there someday.  

A.A. Milne

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down.  You might think we would lie there and rest for a while.

Max Eastman