Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Timing Quotes

Adaptability Application Hypocrisy Timing Trends Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

Baltasar Gracian

Spanish prose Writer and Philosopher

Confidence Persistence Timing I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens.

Elon Musk

Technology Entrepreneur and Investor

Patience Perseverance Timing Universe The universe can take quite a while to deliver.

Desmond Tutu

South African bishop and theologian

Humor Retirement Self-awareness Senility Timing I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

Elon Musk

Technology Entrepreneur and Investor

Environment Performance Resilience Timing Uncertainty A player can have all the quality and everything it takes to play for a big-six team or to play for the best teams in the world but then sometimes it happens and it doesn't work out. It's not because of the player or the club, sometimes it's just the environment, it's the wrong timing.

Ilkay Gundogan

Opportunity Patience Timing One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

Baltasar Gracian

Spanish prose Writer and Philosopher

Opportunity Preparation Readiness Timing The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Benjamin Disraeli

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Mindfulness Patience Process Timing Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.

George Washington

1st U.S. President

Humor Performance Timing Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

Accountability Communication Perseverance Timing Words There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Baltasar Gracian

Spanish prose Writer and Philosopher

Innovation Opportunity Success Technology Timing I feel like we cheated... because you read about these other directors, just like, 'Damn! They paid dues for 10 years before they got to get behind the camera.' We cheated because technology was in the right place at the right time, and we were alive at the right age at the right time for us to take advantage of that.

Freddie Wong

Filmmaker and YouTuber

Decision Making Experience Judgment Performance Timing There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is the same with judges.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Crisis Fear Investing Opportunity Timing The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

John D. Rockefeller

American business magnate and philanthropist

Communication Timing Wisdom The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

Mark Twain

American writer and humorist

Timing Wit Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.

Mark Twain

American writer and humorist

Self-Knowledge Strategy Success Timing Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Baltasar Gracian

Spanish prose Writer and Philosopher

Nature Timing Uniqueness I'm crepuscular.

Christopher Hitchens

British-American author and journalist

Action Procrastination Timing Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

Napoleon Hill

Author and Motivational Speaker

Fruitful Process Gradual Growth Growth Stages Patience Timing Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

Epictetus

Control Preparation Timing The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up in the air, it's too late. No point in worrying about it then.

Denzel Washington

American actor and director

Discernment Opportunity Timing Wisdom Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

Benjamin Disraeli

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Preparation Proactive Approach Success Timing Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

Theodore Roosevelt

26th U.S. President

Opportunity Perception Timing I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

Mark Twain

American writer and humorist

Change Innovation Timing Tradition In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Alexander Pope

English Poet and Translator