Delay Quote by Ovid

Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.

— Statius

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

— Vincent de Paul

Haste always makes waste, because in haste your mind is very much topsy-turvy and you are bound to make mistakes. And if haste creates…

— Ritu Ghatourey

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

— John Wesley

“I have heard that in war haste can be folly, but have never seen delay that was wise.”

— Sun Tzu

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

— Livy

Haste makes work which caution prevents.

— William Penn

Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.

— Janette Oke

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

— Thomas Shadwell

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

— Publilius Syrus

A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.

— Adlai Stevenson I

But why do you delay? Come, do what you will.

— Polycarp