Publilius Syrus Quotes

If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.

When in doubt, take more time.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind .... This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, … taking the necessary time.

Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience - waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.

Reflect as if you have all of time, even when time is short.

Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it.

Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.

Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe.

In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.

Make certain decisions only once.

Don't just put it off and think about it!

One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.

But for me I think it's just about taking that time of reflection and contemplation. That's probably my process in every decision that I make: to make sure that I spend time just with myself, and really times of silence and mediation to go through that process; and music is a big part of that as well.

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I've ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all the rushing.... Through all that haste I thought I was making up time. It turns out I was throwing it away.

On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.

A man of sense may be in haste, but can never be in a hurry.

Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don't put enough time, don't give enough emphasis, to contemplation.

as the years go on a sense of deep patience comes over one; one seems to know the virtue of ripeness, and the danger of rushing events.

Sometimes taking time is actually a shortcut.

Speak not nor act before thou hast reflected.

if the way ahead is not clear, time is often the best editor of one's intentions.

Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.

One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.