--- title: "11 Better late than never Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Better late than never quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Better late than never sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/livy-3007_better_potius-sero-quam-nunquam-better-late-tha_2062527.png" --- > [Potius sero quam nunquam. Better late than never.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/potius-sero-quam-nunquam-better-late-than-never/) [Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/livy-3007_better_potius-sero-quam-nunquam-better-late-tha_2062527.png) > [Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/resistance-to-criminal-rashness-comes-better-late-than-never/) [Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/livy-3007_better-late-than-nev_resistance-to-criminal-rashness-comes-be_3036309.png) > [“You can cover a lot of ground going slow when you’re on the right path.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brittany-burgunder/you-can-cover-a-lot-of-ground-going-slow-when-you-re-on-the-right-path/) [Brittany Burgunder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brittany-burgunder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/brittany-burgunder-11110_better-late-than-nev_you-can-cover-a-lot-of-ground-going-slow_519342.jpg) > [Better late than never."-Dork Diaries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/better-late-than-never-dork-diaries/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/anonymous-1_better-late-than-nev_better-late-than-never-dork-diaries-4583_458366.jpg) > [With love like that, you can't get pick about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/with-love-like-that-you-can-t-get-pick-about-how-it-finds-you-or-the/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/sarah-dessen-110_better-late-than-nev_with-love-like-that-you-can-t-get-pick-a_2994098.png) > [Better late than never but never late is better. They tell me time is money well we'll spend it together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drake/better-late-than-never-but-never-late-is-better-they-tell-me-time-is/) [Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/drake-44_advice_better-late-than-never-but-never-late-is_2138449.png) > [Build high-speed, electrified trains over the most-traveled corridors. It'sreally hard to power carbon-free airplanes, but electrified trains are much easier. We'll be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-hayes/build-high-speed-electrified-trains-over-the-most-traveled-corridors/) [Denis Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/denis-hayes-16094_airplane_build-high-speed-electrified-trains-over_1347803.jpg) > [You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover's say, And happy is the lover.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-smile-upon-your-friend-to-day-to-day-his-ills-are-over-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/anonymous-1_before-i-die_you-smile-upon-your-friend-to-day-to-day_532.jpg) > [It is remarkable that almost all speakers and writers feel it to be incumbent on them, sooner or later, to prove or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-is-remarkable-that-almost-all-speakers-and-writers-feel-it-to-be/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/henry-david-thoreau-20_acknowledge_it-is-remarkable-that-almost-all-speaker_816389.jpg) > [When I learned that there was such a thing as an atheist, I looked it up - and found out that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/when-i-learned-that-there-was-such-a-thing-as-an-atheist-i-looked-it/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/madalyn-murray-o-hair-3597_age_when-i-learned-that-there-was-such-a-thi_1027475.png) > [I’m elated. I guess it’s better late than never. Welcome to the 21st century. It’s fantastic. I love Dior, and Rihanna is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beverly-johnson/i-m-elated-i-guess-it-s-better-late-than-never-welcome-to-the-21st/) [Beverly Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beverly-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/beverly-johnson-23975_21st-century_i-m-elated-i-guess-it-s-better-late-than_2334097.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-late-than-never/#itemlist", "name": "Better late than never Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Potius sero quam nunquam. 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Some Earl of Bridgewater, thinking it better late than never, has provided for it in his will. 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Finally, at the age of 24, I found out who and what I was. 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I guess it’s better late than never. Welcome to the 21st century. It’s fantastic. I love Dior, and Rihanna is very much one of my style icons. I’m happy they got there in the end. I adore her style. She loves fashion, she’s unafraid. She uses her imagination, which is something we should all strive to do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Beverly Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beverly-johnson/i-m-elated-i-guess-it-s-better-late-than-never-welcome-to-the-21st/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/beverly-johnson-23975_21st-century_i-m-elated-i-guess-it-s-better-late-than_2334097.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/beverly-johnson-23975_21st-century_i-m-elated-i-guess-it-s-better-late-than_2334097.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/beverly-johnson-23975_21st-century_i-m-elated-i-guess-it-s-better-late-than_2334097.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I’m elated. 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