Pastoral Resources

Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world.

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.

Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.

Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education.

Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause.

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.

Haste is of the Devil.

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.

My feeling is unless they've somebody lined up and they are convinced he is going to be better than Brian, I think their decision has been made in haste.

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