“Expectation makes a long delay.”

“When there are long delays in feedback loops, some sort of foresight is essential.”

Donella Meadows (1941–2001) American environmental scientist, teacher, and writer

“Make haste; delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.”
Tolle moras: semper nocuit differre paratis.

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus book Pharsalia

“Resist beginnings; the remedy comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays.”
Principiis obsta; sero medicina paratur Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.

Ovid book Remedia amoris

“She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it.”

Anthony Trollope book Phineas Finn

“The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.”

Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer

“Our blight is ideologies — they are the long-expected Antichrist!”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology

“To me, the level of responsibility is measured by one's ability to confront the decision-making process without any delay or distraction.”

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam book Wings of Fire

“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 book The Heart of the Matter

“The French have a saying: "Time will not consecrate that in which she has been ignored." Bear this admonition ever in mind for it is deeply true.
And so, while I say we will neither hasten nor delay, let us not delay. All of which is summed up in the proverbs :
:Haste makes waste.
Delays are dangerous.
He who hesitates is lost.
Be bold yet prudent.”

Louis Sullivan (1856–1924) American architect