#Timing Quotes

“When the sun shines let foolish gnats make sport,But creep in crannies when he hides his beams.”

“This act is an ancient tale new told;And, in the last repeating, troublesome,Being urged at a time unseasonable.”

“The latter end of a fray, and the beginning of a feast, Fits a dull fighter, and a keen guest.”

“Fruits that blossom first will first be ripe.”

“How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!”

“Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in a better order, in timeliness, in being at the right spot.”

“I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong...not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of.”

“There is, therefore, wisdom in reserving one's decisions as long as possible and until all the facts and forces that will be potent at the moment are revealed.”

“Wait for the season when to cast good counsels upon subsiding passion.”

“You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.”

“This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.”

“Thrift, thrift, Horatio! The funeral bak'd meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.”

“It's the fellow who knows when to quit that the audience wants more of.”

“Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls.”

“It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time.”

“Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.”

“Words, how little they mean when they are too late.”

“He who has acquired the ability, may wait securely the occasion of making it felt and appreciated, and know that it will not loiter.”

“What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.”

“The fruit falls from the tree when it gets ripe. So wait for the time to come. Do not hurry. Moreover, no one has the right to make others miserable by his foolish acts. Wait, have patience, everything will come right in time.”

“It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.”

“Oh, why will parents always appear at the wrong time? Some extraordinary mistake in nature, I suppose.”

“Most executives have learned that what one postpones, one actually abandons ... timing is a most important element in the success of any effort. To do five years later what would have been smart to do five years earlier, is almost a sure recipe for frustration and failure.”

“Yet there is nothing more dangerous than to be premature in exploiting a change in perception.”

“He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.”

“My timing is so precise, a heckler would have to make an appointment just to get a word in.”

“To be premature is to be perfect”

“The time is always right to do right”

“There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.”

“Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.”

“The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.”

“Success is good at any age, but the sooner you find it, the longer you will enjoy it.”

“Each of us needs what nature gives us, when nature gives us.”

“People tell me I'm a comedian, but I don't approach acting from that perspective. I do know that everything in life has to do with your timing and perception. You have to be comfortable with the rhythm that you're in. You can't just jump into a fast rhythm if yours is slow. You might have to pick up the pace but in your own particular way. It has to do with personality, too.”

“Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.”

“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”

“The value of actions lies in their timing.”

“I've learned one thing in politics. You don't take a decision until you have to.”

“Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself.”

“Only what is thought, said, or done at a certain rare coincidence is good.”

“I've been saying how I feel at the wrong time.”

“Wisdom always waits for the right time to act, while emotion always pushes for action right now!”

“The wrong action done at the wrong time spells disaster The right action done at the wrong time spells resistance The wrong action done at the right time spells mistake but The right action done at the right time spells a miracle”

“A rose on time is more valuable than a $1,000 gift that's too late.”

“The day of fortune is like a harvest day,We must be busy when the corn is ripe.[Ger., Ein tag der Gunst ist wie ein Tag der Ernte,Man muss geschaftig sein sobald sie reift.]”

“The timing of your decision is just as important as the decision you make.”

“There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen." "Life is what happens when you are making other plans.”

“If it's raining you can't fix the roof, if it's not raining it doesn't need to be fixed”

“In the right key one can say anything. In the wrong key, nothing: the only delicate part is the establishment of the key.”

“I invented nothing new. I simply combined the inventions of others into a car. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed.”