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• I wish not to be regarded as an advocate for the particular organizations of the several state governments . . . they carry strong marks of the haste, and still stronger marks of the inexperience, under which they were framed.

  James Madison

  Strong, Organization, Government

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). “The Federalist: On the New Constitution, Written in 1788”, p.228

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• I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.

  Thucydides

  Passion, Thinking, Hands

  Thucydides, Victor Davis Hanson, Robert B. Strassler (2008). “The Landmark Thucydides”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

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• When Christ comes with regenerating grace, he finds no man sitting still, but all posting to eternal ruin, and making haste toward hell; till, by conviction, he first brings them to a stand, and then, by conversion, turn first their hearts, and then their lives, sincerely to himself.

  Richard Baxter

  Heart, Men, Sitting Still

  Richard Baxter (1838). “The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: With a Preface, Giving Some Account of the Author, and of this Edition of His Practical Works : an Essay on His Genius, Works and Times : and a Portrait”, p.13

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• Not so in haste, my heart! Have faith in God and wait; Although he linger long, He never comes too late. He never comes too late, He knoweth what is best: Vex not thyself in vain; Until he cometh, rest. Until he cometh, rest. Nor grudge the hours that roll: The feet that wait for God Are soonest at the goal. Are soonest at the goal. That is not gained by speed; Then hold thee still, my heart, For I shall wait his lead.

  Bradford Torrey

  Heart, Feet, Long

  Bradford Torrey, “Not So In Haste, My Heart”

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• Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.

  Teresa of Avila

  Prayer, Father, Heart

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• Do not make too much haste on one's road.

  Chilon of Sparta

  Good Life, Too Much

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• Free your mind from all that troubles you; God will take care of things. You will be unable to make haste in this (choice) without, so to speak, grieving the heart of God, because he sees that you do not honor him sufficiently with holy trust. Trust in him, I beg you, and you will have the fulfillment of what your heart desires.

  St. Vincent

  Heart, Grieving, Free Your Mind

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• Then haste we down to meet thy friends and foes;
  To place thy friends in ease, the rest in woes.
  For here though death doth end their misery,
  I'll there begin their endless tragedy.

  Thomas Kyd

  Tragedy, Ease, Woe

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• I've been looking for answers all of my life. Yes I realize now these are not what I needed. No, in fact, all I need is what I've decided on, in my heart to believe. In all the crossing confusion and haste of numerous opinion and stance, my own opinion has become my own boat from where I observe the raging opinions of the sea, relaxed, drinking my lemonade and feeling very amused by it all.

  Stefanie Schneider

  Drinking, Believe, Heart

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• The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and somewhat distempered zeal; while the more practiced veteran made his arrangements with a deliberation that scorned every appearance of haste

  James F. Cooper

  Art, Military, Preparation

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• The power given by the Constitution to the Executive to interpose his veto is a high conservative power; but in my opinion it should never be exercised except in cases of clear violation of the Constitution, or manifest haste and want of due consideration by Congress.

  Zachary Taylor

  Want, Conservative, Opinion

  Zachary Taylor, S. HORN (1848). “All the Letters of Major General Z. Taylor: Anecdotes of rough and ready: Songs of Old Zach's Campaigns, etc. [Edited by] S. Horn”, p.10

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• The competition between human beings destroys with cold and diabolic brutality... Under the pressure of this competitive fury we have not only forgotten what is useful to humanity as a whole, but even that which is good and advantageous to the individual. [...] One asks, which is more damaging to modern humanity: the thirst for money or consuming haste... in either case, fear plays a very important role: the fear of being overtaken by one's competitors, the fear of becoming poor, the fear of making wrong decisions or the fear of not being up to snuff...

  Konrad Lorenz

  Play, Decision, Humanity

  "Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins". Book by Konrad Lorenz, 1973.

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• A scrip on my back, and a staff in my hand,
  I march on in haste through an enemy's land;
  The road may be rough, but it cannot be long;
  And I'll smooth it with hope, and I'll cheer it with song.

  Henry Francis Lyte

  Song, Cheer, Hands

  Henry Francis Lyte (1833). “Poems: Chiefly Religious”, p.100

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• Stillness is the ruler of haste.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Rulers, Stillness

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• In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.

  Laozi

  Roots, Taoism, Lost

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• When everything is at risk, good judgment, not haste, makes the difference between life and death. Panic is the enemy.

  Greg Iles

  Differences, Life And Death, Risk

  Greg Iles (2011). “The Devil's Punchbowl: A Novel”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• Hurry n: The dispatch of bunglers.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.94, 谷月社

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• As we go forth into the coming year, let it not be in the haste of impetuous, forgetful delight, nor with the quickness of impulsive thoughtlessness . But let us go out with the patient power of knowing that the God of Israel will go before us.

  Oswald Chambers

  Israel, Years, Knowing

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.90, Discovery House

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• Hurry ruins saints as well as artists. They want quick success, and they are in such a hurry to get it that they cannot take time to be true to themselves. And when the madness is upon them, they argue that their very haste is a species of integrity.

  Thomas Merton

  Integrity, Artist, Saint

  Thomas Merton (2003). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.101, Shambhala Publications

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• Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.

  Dallas Willard

  Loneliness, Solitude, Isolation

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• The search of our future being is but a needless, anxious, and haste to be knowing, sooner than we can, what, without all this solicitude, we shall know a little later.

  Alexander Pope

  Future, Knowing, Littles

  Alexander Pope, William Warburton (1788). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Six Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death: Printed Verbatim from the Octavo Edition of Mr. Warburton”, p.272

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• Heart, we will forget him! You and I, to-night! You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light. When you have done, pray tell me, That I my thoughts may dim; Haste! lest while you’re lagging, I may remember him!

  Emily Dickinson

  Heart, Night, Light

  Sappho, Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Amy Lowell, Sara Teasdale (2018). “Wild Nights: Heart Wisdom from Five Women Poets”, p.40, Courier Dover Publications

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• Life for delays and doubts no time does give,
  None ever yet made haste enough to live.

  Abraham Cowley

  Life, Giving, Doubt

  Abraham Cowley (1679). “The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley: Consisting of Those which Were Formerly Printed : and Those which He Design'd for the Press”

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• God has not bowed to our nervous haste nor embraced the methods of our machine age. The man who would know God must give time to Him.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Time, Men, Giving

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• Riches amassed in haste will diminish; but those collected by hand and little by little will multiply.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Hands, Littles, Riches

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