Haste Quotes

225 Haste quotes by 171 unique authors

In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul. — Tariq Ramadan
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty. — Tacitus
A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in… — Henry David Thoreau
For the rest, he was the same to all men, the fashionable world and the ordinary people. He judged nothing in haste, or without taking… — Victor Hugo
Of all ridiculous things the most ridiculous seems to me, to be busy — to be a man who is brisk about his food and… — Soren Kierkegaard
Books, books, books! I had found the secret of a garret room Piled high with cases in my father’s name; Piled high, packed large,--where, creeping… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Fare well we call to hearth and hall Though wind may blow and rain may fall We must away ere break of day Over the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
...so now, Mrs. Ramsay thought, she could return to that dream land, that unreal but fascinating place, the Manning's drawing-room at Marlow twenty years ago;… — Virginia Woolf
Every single one of us is a little civilization built on the ruins of any number of preceding civilizations, but with our own variant notions… — Marilynne Robinson
When your dawn theater sounds to clear your sinuses: don't delay. Jump. Those voices may be gone before you hit the shower to align your… — Ray Bradbury
I knew that there had been times in the past-terrible times-when people had destroyed others in haste,in fear, and had brought about their own destruction — Lois Lowry
Haste is a poor counselor — Alexandre Dumas
I came in haste with cursing breath, And heart of hardest steel; But when I saw thee cold in death, I felt as man should… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry. — John Wesley
Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And… — William Shakespeare
Dawn seemed to follow midnight with indecent haste. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It's what everything else isn't. — Theodore Roethke
The Master Speed No speed of wind or water rushing by but you have speed far greater. You can climb back up a stream of… — Robert Frost
Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
...people don't respect the morning. An alarm clock violently wakes them up, shatters their sleep like the blow of an ax, and they immediately surrender… — Milan Kundera
We labour at our daily work more ardently and thoughtlessly than is necessary to sustain our life because it is even more necessary not to… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It doesn't hurt." "But my eyes do," said a coolly amused voice from the doorway. Jace. He had come in so quietly that even Simon… — Cassandra Clare
There's a very generous donation in the parish's future if you make this fast. Ten minutes, at the most." Frowning, the man fumbled open his… — Tessa Dare
Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives;… — Helen Keller

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