It Takes Time Quotes - Page 2

• Humanity must never lose hope. Our present conflicts and differences are difficult but not hopeless. We cannot expect people of such different races, cultures, languages, ways of life and beliefs, who have lived for thousands of years separated from each other to suddenly love each other and work together harmoniously. It takes time and patience. We must work on it stubbornly and not throw in the towel.

  Robert Muller

  Differences, Race, Years

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• It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Men, Mind Your Own Business, Liberty

  Thomas Jefferson, H. A. Washington (2011). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private”, p.126, Cambridge University Press

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• Painting is a slow process; it takes time to get there, you learn little by little and always want the next painting to be better than the last. For me, success is about this, seeing the slow progress in my work.

  Ali Banisadr

  Progress, Want, Littles

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.

  Agnes Repplier

  Choices, Want, Trouble

  Agnes Repplier (2015). “Americans and Others”, p.24, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish, so, too, we need time for everything that develops and crystallizes in the world of ideas. Architecture demands more of this time than other creative work.

  Alvar Aalto

  Ideas, Creative, Needs

  Alvar Aalto, Alvar Aalto-museo (1994). “Alvar Aalto: points of contact”

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• It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine.

  Valentino Rossi

  Work Out, Understanding, Machines

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My experience in TV is that it takes time for shows to find their way.

  Nick Kroll

  Way, Tvs, Shows

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Eventually, it is found out but it takes time especially in the conditions when communication is difficult, when the enemy is making it extremely awkward for information to come out, to go.

  Joe Slovo

  Communication, Awkward, Enemy

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• It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn.

  Alan Watts

  Acorns, Turns, Take Time

  Alan Watts (2017). “Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek”, p.24, Sounds True

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• Good leadership is always human. It takes time and energy. It is hard work. Which is why good leadership is so special when we find it.

  Simon Sinek

  Hard Work, Special, Energy

  Twitter post from Oct 04, 2013

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• Today I will practice healthy giving, understanding that caretaking and compulsive giving don't work. I choose what I want to give, to whom, when, and how much. It takes time to learn how to give in healthy ways. It takes time to learn to receive. Balance will come.

  Melody Beattie

  Practice, Giving, Understanding

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• It is only with the companionship of the Holy Ghost that we can hope to be equally yoked in a marriage free from discord. I have seen how that companionship is crucial for felicity in a marriage. The miracle of becoming one requires the help of heaven, and it takes time.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Becoming One, Heaven, Miracle

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• Once you've had your life burn down, it takes time to be a Phoenix.

  Sharon Stone

  Phoenix, Take Time

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• Sometimes it's boring because it takes time, but it's enjoyable. So beating up people for a living is really fun.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Fun, Motivation, People

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• Unless the desire to change remains strong, body and mind tend to return to old, familiar patterns. It takes time-from three to six months-for old habits to become obsolete. By the end of that time, you'll have adapted to a new pattern. In a sense, you'll have found a new way of life.

  Dan Millman

  Strong, Old Habits, Mind

  Dan Millman (2010). “Body Mind Mastery: Training for Sport and Life”, p.69, New World Library

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• Fear breeds upon itself because it is a hermaphrodite capable of endless reproduction. Fear is a contagious disease, spreading from its first victim to others in the vicinity until it is powerful enough to take charge of a group, in which event it becomes panic. Fear is the afterbirth of reason and calculation. It takes time to recuperate from fear.

  Ernest K. Gann

  Powerful, Fear, Groups

  Ernest K. Gann (1986). “Fate is the Hunter: A Pilot's Memoir”, Simon & Schuster

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• In the beginning I pushed toward perfection, but it takes time to get to certain places.

  Alexander Wang

  Perfection, Certain, Take Time

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• It takes time for people to fall in love with you....but it’s inevitable

  Ian Brown

  Falling In Love, Love You, People

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• You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.

  Simon Le Bon

  Records, Shapes, Starting

  Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 23, 2010.

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• I think it takes time to find your natural style and learn not to be swayed by trends that might not flatter you.

  Martine McCutcheon

  Thinking, Style, Trends

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It takes time for people to get to know a cause or an organization.

  Chris Hughes

  Organization, People, Causes

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• It takes time and energy, and if I'm working, then I'd rather flop in front of the telly than put on a tiny dress and work out how to get myself to God knows where. I mean, lazy some would call it.

  Daisy Donovan

  Mean, Work Out, Lazy

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• I don't like reading music. It's like learning a language. You can't read music proficiently overnight. It takes time, it's boring work.

  William Eggleston

  Reading, Language, Boring

  Source: entertainment.time.com

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• Too many musicians rush through everything with too many notes. I need time to take the picture. A ballad should be a ballad. It's important to understand what the song is saying, and learn how to tell the story. It takes time. I can't rush it. I really can't rush it.

  Shirley Horn

  Song, Important, Musician

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• It's fun chasing boys, especially when you're young, but I think it takes time and life experience to notice the other boys.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Fun, Boys, Thinking

  "Reese Witherspoon Dishes on Her Worst Blind Date". Interview with Crystal Bell, www.seventeen.com. December 17, 2010.

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