Timely Action Quotes

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.

Seize the day. Carpe diem.

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

Don't wait the time is never just right.

Do things as soon as you can. If a decision needs to be made, make it. It gives you more time to change your mind.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

The man of true genius never lives before his time, he never undertakes impossibilities, and always embarks on his enterprise at the suitable place and period. Though he may catch a glimpse of the coming light as it gilds the mountain top long before it reaches the eyes of his contemporaries, and he may hazard a prediction as to the future, he acts with the present.

Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.

Delay in vengeance delivers a heavier blow.

I think I was able to survive five heart attacks because I never postponed going to the hospital when something didn't feel right.

Don't wait untill problems pile up and cause a lot of trouble before trying to solve them. Leaders must march ahead the movement, not lag behind it.

Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.

Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.

I don't believe in New Year's resolutions. I think if you want to change something, change it today and don't wait until the New Year.

The earlier you start to solve a problem, the less draconian the solution needs to be.

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring.

The future is now. It's time to grow up and be strong. Tomorrow may well be too late.

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don't keep putting off decisions.

You try to do the right thing at the right time and make a good impression on people.

Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.

Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?

Be bold before you get stuck not being bold.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.