Bernhard Schlink Quotes

Or is there no such thing as 'too late'? Is there only 'late' and is 'late' always better than 'never'? I don't know.

There’s only two times in life, there’s now and there’s too late.

If you trap the moment before it's ripe, The tears of repentence you'll certainly wipe; But if once you let the ripe moment go You can never wipe off the tears of woe.

No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire today.

Now is almost always the better choice. You never know about later.

The time to begin most things is ten years ago.

He who will not when he may, may not when he will.

History punishes those who come too late.

He that will not whan he may,Whan he would, he shall haue nay.

What's your hurry?" Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in," said Miss Ophelia.

Who seeks, and will not take, when once 'tis offer'd, Shall never find it more.

The right time is always right now.

That was the one thing she knew now. Some chances came and went, and if you missed them, you could spend the rest of your life standing alone, waiting for an opportunity that had already passed you by.

We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words ‘Too Late’.

How long will you wait for the right time to come? The right time is now and the right place is here.

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.

It sometimes seems that we live as if we wonder when life is going to begin. It isn't always clear just what we are waiting for, but some of us sometimes persist in waiting so long that life slips by - finding us still waiting for something that has been going on all the time. . . . This is the life in which the work of this life is to be done. Today is as much a part of eternity as any day a thousand years ago or as will be any day a thousand years hence. This is it, whether we are thrilled or disappointed, busy or bored! This is life, and it is passing.

I never wanted to be the person who said, "I woulda, coulda, shoulda." Life is way too short, and you may not last that long.

If you wait for perfect conditions to seize an opportunity, you'll be waiting till the day you die.

No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused

When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.