Hurry Quotes

No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.

What, without asking, hither hurried whence? And, without asking whither hurried hence! Another and another Cup to drown, The Memory of this Impertinence! (Omar Khayyam)

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.

It is only when you are pursued that you become swift.

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she will always hurry back.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. (Romeo and Juliet)

The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry.

If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well It were done quickly. (Macbeth)

One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity.