Quotes about Delay

I spoke of an Army on the point of entering an enemy's territories. Answering the question as to the cause of delay: 'Waiting for supplies.' The answer might also have been: 'Waiting for instructions, 'Waiting for orders.' If the last dispatch had not been received, with the final orders of the commander in chief, the army dared not move. Even so in the Christian life - as deep as the need of waiting for supplies is that of waiting for instructions.

Those who strive to delay or hinder the restoration of the church will accomplish nothing. God is its vindicator, and he will judge all peoples.

God does not defer his help any longer than fits his purpose. Unlike

But, O alas! so long, so far, Our bodies why do we forbear?

One belief that I've developed to carry me through extremely tough times is simply this: God's delays are not God's denials.

We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."

So let your latest grand ideas cool off for a while

I think that Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late.

Surely revival delays because prayer decays.

Bite your lips, little brother...Don't cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now...Wait. Clench your teeth and wait...

I actively avoided responsibility for as long as I possibly could.

Delay only deepens resentment and makes matters worse. In conflict, time heals nothing; it causes hurts to fester.