Sayings about Arrival
Visits always give pleasure — if not the arrival, the departure. ~ Portuguese Proverbs
You arrive Mr. Big Shot but leave Mr. Nobody. ~ Zulu Proverb
Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives. ~ Spanish Proverbs
You may never die before death arrives. ~ Indian Proverbs
The horse that arrives early gets good drinking water. ~ Zulu Proverb
It’s better to arrive on time than to be invited. ~ Spanish Proverb
He who arrives too late finds the plate turned over. ~ Belgian Proverbs
Who arrives in the darkness departs as night falls. ~ Chinese Proverb
The buffalo that arrive late will have to drink muddy water and eat dried grass. ~ Vietnamese Proverbs
He who is in a hurry always arrives late. ~ Georgian Proverbs
“We have rowed well,” said the flea as the fishing boat arrives at its mooring. ~ Latvian Proverbs
Let us hurry and finish up the food; when visitors arrive, the meal will be over. ~ New Zealander Proverbs
He who walks alone shall surely arrive first. ~ Arabian Proverb
If someone says “There is a wedding ceremony in the clouds,” then the women would soon arrive with their ladders. ~ Arabian Proverb
Quotations about Arrival
Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.~ Anais Nin
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive. ~ Milarepa
If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a wandering to find home, why should we not look forward to the arrival? ~ C. S. Lewis
Waiting, waiting, waiting. All my life, I’ve been waiting for my life to begin, as if somehow my life was ahead of me, and that someday I would arrive at it. ~ Camryn Manheim
An intelligent plan is the first step to success. The man who plans knows where he is going, knows what progress he is making and has a pretty good idea when he will arrive.~ Basil S. Walsh
The rainy days a man saves for usually seem to arrive during his vacation. ~ Author Unknown
If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved. ~ Maurice Chevalier
If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal. ~ Zig Ziglar
There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo. ~ Erma Bombeck
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity. ~ Baltasar Gracian
If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things. ~ Henry Miller
The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody’s word about them. ~ Henry Bolingbroke
Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. ~ Margaret Lee Runbeck
The man who plans knows where he is going, knows what progress he is making and has a pretty good idea when he will arrive. ~ Basil S. Walsh
We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way. ~ Frank Moore Colby
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. ~ T. S. Eliot
We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. ~ Eric Hoffer
Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. ~ William Eardley IV
No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent; work transforms talent into genius. ~ Anna Pavlova
It is better to travel well than to arrive. ~ Buddha
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
To be a successful hostess, when guest arrive say, “At last!” and when they leave say, “So soon!”. ~ Author Unknown
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person. ~ Thomas Carlyle