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Delay Quotes

C. Northcote Parkinson quote: "Delay is the deadliest form of denial."
Delay is the deadliest form of denial. C. Northcote Parkinson
Lucas Papademos quote: "Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with..."
Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors. Lucas Papademos
Miguel de Cervantes quote: "Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is..."
Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. Miguel de Cervantes
Walter Savage Landor quote: "Delay in justice is injustice."
Delay in justice is injustice. Walter Savage Landor
Thomas Jefferson quote: "Delay is preferable to error."
Delay is preferable to error. Thomas Jefferson
He gave her a bright fake smile; so much of life was a putting off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing was ever lost by delay. He had a dim idea that perhaps if one delayed long enough, things were taken out of one's hands altogether by death. Graham Greene
He may delay because it would not be safe to give us at once what we ask: we are not ready for it. To give ere we could truly receive, would be to destroy the very heart and hope of prayer, to cease to be our Father. The delay itself may work to bring us nearer to our help, to increase the desire, perfect the prayer, and ripen the receptive condition. George MacDonald
While America's infrastructure needs are substantial, there is no reason to delay completion of the highway bill. Every day of delay means jobs lost, investment opportunities missed and growth sacrificed. John Engler
Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death. Thomas Carlyle
No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. God sometimes delays, but He always comes. Martin Luther
Louis de Bernieres quote: "Love delayed is lust augmented."
Love delayed is lust augmented. Louis de Bernieres
Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test... You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies. Rick Warren
At thirty a man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought. Resolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same. Edward Young
Mark Twain quote: "Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection."
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. Mark Twain
Writers do not live one life, they live two. There is the living and then there is the writing. There is the second tasting, the delayed reaction. Anais Nin

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