Slow Quotes

2145 Slow quotes by 1557 unique authors

Patience is more than a virtue for long lines and slow waiters. Patience is the red carpet upon which God's grace approaches us. — Max Lucado
As long as outmoded ways of thinking prevent women from making a meaningful contribution to society, progress will be slow. As long as the nation… — Nelson Mandela
We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended… — Baltasar Gracian
It haunted him all night, while he slept alone; it was still there in the morning, when he swallowed his coffee and backed down the… — Richard Yates
But this is not difficult, O Athenians! to escape death; but it is much more difficult to avoid depravity, for it runs swifter than death.… — Plato
Being with him was like being alone underwater - everything was slow; nothing counted; I could not be harmed; I would feel dry and cold… — Ben Marcus
I caution writers all the time to slow down and pay more attention to the work in front of them than to the end result.… — Sue Grafton
Life is rapid, art is slow, occasion coy, practice fallacious, and judgment partial. — Henry Fuseli
Be kind, be decent, be generous, be tolerant, compassionate, and understanding. Be fast to praise, slow to judge. Remember, we're all human, and don't cast… — Allen Drury
There's a kind of slowness and inefficiency about rendering text in paint. We're in a world that's very fast, so things that slow you for… — Glenn Ligon
There are basically no companies that have good slow decisions. There are only companies that have good fast decisions. — Larry Page
To make the quickest progress, you don't have to take huge leaps. You just have to take baby steps-and keep on taking them. In Japan,… — Marci Shimoff
A new study says that working fewer hours can slow global warming. So you know what that means? President Obama's economic policy is also his… — Jay Leno
I'm always good for starting a bit of a tune and the first verse, but after that I just can never go anywhere. It takes… — Ringo Starr
The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance. — Carl Sagan
Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down — Bruce Lee
You are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. — Jonah
Telling the truth is the slow, mundane, difficult route to a meaningful life. Anything else is cheating. — Donald Miller
In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own… — Amby Burfoot
You complain and demand zero compromise - so the GOP obstructs Obama so the economy doesn't improve - then you complain and demand even more… — John Fugelsang
How do we slow down what matters the most and speed up what benefits change and progress? We don't want to impede progress, but we… — John Maeda
I am too slow to be a good climber, so I film instead. — Wanda Rutkiewicz
We are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy it. — Paul Hawken
I am learning. I'm a slow learner. I repeat myself three times, relationship wise. — Sheryl Crow
Effortlessness is the ability to slow down and listen for the spaces between the joints... Deep within all things there is a natural rhythm, a… — Wayne Muller

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