Alexandre Dumas Quotes

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don’t hurry to legislate.

Every time I've rushed into something, that's usually when I have regrets.

Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure.

Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.

Never make a promise in haste.

Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.

Don't be in a hurry to change one evil for another.

An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions.

He who hesitates is a damned fool.

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet

He who decides in haste repents in haste.

Where Mr. McKinley was patient, cautious, tactful and a very good listener…, Roosevelt is impetuous, impatient, and wholly lacking in tact.

There is a difference between being bold and being rash.

I'm not a very patient person. I'll take those quick risks to see if it's going to work versus taking the long and tortuous road of trying to guarantee myself that something will work. That's like self-mutilation to me.

Your greatest mistakes will happen because of impatience.

Too great haste leads us to error.

He that is in haste may contract much guilt in a little time. What we say or do unadvisedly when we are hot, we must unsay or undo again when we are cool, or do worse.

Timidity can be as dangerous as rashness.

Nothing can be done quickly and prudently at the same time.

Haste makes work which caution prevents.

The truth is straight ahead, so don't burn yourself instead.