Quotes about Delay

Short cuts make for long delays.

Though he had determined upon this in the first moment of joyful enthusiasm, yet the delay of four-and-twenty hours had made a material change in his feelings; his most virtuous resolves were always rather the effect of sudden impulse than of steady principle. But when the tide of passion had swept away the landmarks, he had no method of ascertaining the boundaries of right and wrong.

Isn't it funny how something that will later be a blessing can be a curse if you get it too soon.

Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'!

A golden opportunity may turn into silver if you wait too long to take advantage of it.

5. Procrastination

Whenever we use our time to do things that neither release our potential nor help us progress toward the accomplishment of our purpose, we forfeit or delay the opportunity to reach the excellency and completion God intended for our lives.

But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”

If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”