Sayings about Speed & Quickness
There are three things that have to be done in quickness: burying the dead, opening the door for a stranger, and fixing your daughter’s wedding. ~ Iranian Proverb
The steed does not retain its speed forever. ~ Irish Proverb
Quickly done; long repented. ~ Dutch Proverb
Of hasty counsel take good heed, for haste is very rarely speed. ~ Dutch Proverb
Life is a shadow and a mist; it passes quickly by, and is no more. ~ Malagasy Proverb
It is better to walk fast than to grow angry at the forest. ~ Senegalese Proverb
The horse may run quickly, but it can’t escape its own tail. ~ Russian Proverb
Haste and hurry can only bear children with many regrets along the way. ~ Senegalese Proverb
What flares up fast, extinguishes soon. ~ Turkish Proverb
Take off your hat quickly but slowly take hold of your purse. ~ Danish Proverb
Spending is quick, earning is slow. ~ Russian Proverb
The day we fear hastens toward us, the day we long for creeps. ~ Swedish Proverb
Act quickly, think slowly. ~ Greek Proverbs
Hair does not grow faster by being pulled. ~ Traditional Proverb
Lovely flowers fade fast. ~ Swedish Proverb
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, while everything superfluous runs over as from a full container. Who knows much says least. ~ Traditional Proverb
The best act of generosity is that which is quickly done. ~ Arabian Proverb
A good fire makes a quick cook. ~ Dutch Proverb
Quick to borrow is always slow to pay. ~ Traditional Proverb
If one is not in a hurry, even an egg will start walking. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
Don’t look for speed in a cheap horse; be content if it neighs. ~ Nigerian Proverb
Sleep faster — we need the pillows. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie. ~ English Proverbs
Death rides a fast camel. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
It is hasty speed that doesn’t succeed. ~ Dutch Proverbs
Quick to believe is quickly deceived. ~ Serbian Proverb
Quick and well seldom go together. ~ Danish Proverbs
Wise men are never in a hurry. ~ Chinese Proverb
What is not urgent must be done quickly in order to take care of the urgent things calmly. ~ Chinese Proverb
If the hare is your enemy, admit that he can run fast. ~ Bambara Proverb
No matter how fast the poplar grows, it will never reach heaven. ~ Lebanese Proverb
When you are in a hurry, the horse holds back. ~ Chinese Proverb
Work is twice done by the man in a hurry. ~ Iranian Proverb
Quicker by taking more time. ~ Traditional Proverb
The fast talker makes mistakes. ~ Japanese Proverb
If you are in a hurry, go via the roundabout. ~ Chinese Proverb
No matter how fast moonlight runs, daylight catches up. ~ Virgin Islander Proverb
Wait long, strike fast. ~ Chinese Proverb
Too much hurry, and get there tomorrow; take time, get there today. ~ Jamaican Proverb
The turtle underestimates the value of fast feet. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Sweet rice is eaten quickly. ~ Sierra Leonean Proverb
Never let your feet run faster than your shoes. ~ Scottish Proverb
He who is in a hurry always arrives late. ~ Georgian Proverb
Nothing dries so fast as tears. ~ French Proverb
Never let any mechanical device know that you are in a hurry. ~ Traditional Proverb
Man was created in a hurry. ~ Islamic Proverb
Be quick to follow up an advantage. ~ New Zealander Proverb
Bad news travels fast. ~ Traditional Proverb
A fool in a hurry drinks tea with a fork. ~ Chinese Proverb
You have summer and you have winter — why, then, be in a hurry? ~ Russian Proverbs
The happier the time, the more quickly it passes. ~ Latin Proverb
Nothing dries quicker than tears. ~ Italian Proverb
Hurrying and worrying are not the same as strength. ~ Nigerian Proverb
Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune. ~ Traditional Proverb
On your own donkey it is quicker than on someone else’s racehorse. ~ Yugoslavian Proverb
To win a war quickly takes long preparation. ~ Latin Proverbs
If you want to travel fast use the old roads. ~ Vietnamese Proverb
If you are a fast talker at least think slowly. ~ Cretian Proverb
To a quick question give a slow answer. ~ Italian Proverbs
Both the fast and the slow will meet each other on the ferry boat. ~ Arabian Proverb
Let us hurry and finish up the food; when visitors arrive, the meal will be over. ~ New Zealander Proverb
Just because he’s in the fast lane don’t mean he ain’t hitchhiking. ~ Texan Proverb
People give, but don’t be in a hurry to take. ~ Cambodian Proverb
Hurrying has no blessing. ~ Kenyan Proverb
Go quickly but don’t fall off my step. ~ Yiddish Proverb
However early you get up you cannot hasten the dawn. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Quotations about Speed & Quickness
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others. ~ Marcus T. Cicero
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true. ~ Julius Caesar
Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. ~ Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
What we fear comes to pass more speedily than what we hope. ~ Publilius Syrus
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it. ~ William Ellery Channing
Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~ Charles M. Schulz
It’s easy to be quick on the draw when no one has got real bullets. ~ Timothy Olyphant
You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. ~ Walter Hagen
Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don’t rush. Be quick, but don’t hurry. ~ Earl Monroe
There is more to life than increasing its speed. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed. ~ Edward Young
People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. ~ Jeremy Collier
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up. ~ Max Beerbohm
One recipe for a longer life; Never exceed the speed limit. ~ Author Unknown
It is only when you are pursued that you become swift. ~ Kahlil Gibran
It’s going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue. ~ George W. Bush Quotes
Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don’t want to invest. ~ Dan Gertler
Fashions are born and they die too quickly for anyone to learn to love them. ~ Bettina Ballard
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.~ Bruce Lee
There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster. ~ Malcolm Fraser
Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. ~ Johann Kaspar Lavater
A new beauty has been added to the splendor of the world — the beauty of speed. ~ Tommaso Marinetti
Hasten slowly. ~ Augustus
We live in a world of instant gratification, the world of the quick fix. ~ Rachael Taylor
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~ Lao Tzu
Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
The more I train the more I realize I have more speed in me. ~ Leroy Burrell
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye. ~ Miguel De Cervantes
Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry. ~ Pierre De Beaumarchais
Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough. ~ Mark Zuckerberg
At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time. ~ Ovid
Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings. ~ Jane Austen
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.~ Saint Francis de Sales
One-half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough. ~ Josh Billings
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. ~ Aristotle
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. ~ Sophocles
We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don’t be so quick to write the law off. ~ Randall Terry
Power and speed be hands and feet. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang. ~ Mary Kay Ash
How quick come the reasons for approving what we like! ~ Jane Austen
He that gives quickly gives twice. ~ Miguel De Cervantes
Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. ~ Aldous Huxley
If I had my career over again? Maybe I’d say to myself, speed it up a little. ~ James Stewart
Be quick to learn and wise to know. ~ George Burns
Man is too quick at forming conclusions. ~ Edward E. Barnard
I’ve always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team. ~ Lee Iacocca
I suppose it’s amazing how quick life goes by when you have children. ~ Steffi Graf
People are so quick to judge and make decisions for themselves about situations they know absolutely nothing about. ~ LeAnn Rimes
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack. ~ Wayne Lukas
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. ~ Isaac Asimov
A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward. ~ Ovid
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit. ~ Aristotle
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive. ~ Milarepa
In skating over thin ice, our safety is our speed. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Not all speed is movement. ~ Toni Cade