Quotes: Haste

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end.

Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education.

Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn’t hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.