Life has become quite fast-paced nowadays, don't you agree?
Everyone seems to have a million things to do, with no time left to sit in one place for a bit and actually think about what they are doing! With everyone living such packed lives and taking on more tasks in fear of missing out, it takes a miracle to actually take out time for oneself nowadays.
We've collected some quotes about rushing for you to (hopefully) sit down and read, which will remind you of the importance of taking life slowly, one step at a time. Keep reading for some great rushing quotes and caption ideas.
Short Rushing Quotes
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(Maybe you should sweat the small stuff sometimes because it's the small things that count the most in today's fast-paced life!)
Here are some short rushing quotes that will help you achieve that peaceful life you've been looking for.
“In our rushing, bulls in China shops, we break our own lives.”
- 'One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are', Ann Voskamp.
“Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.”
- Moliere.
“Out of silence comes the greatest creativity. Not when we are rushing and panicking.”
- James Altucher.
“Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.”
- Benjamin Franklin.
“To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.”
- Plato.
“Rushing never saved the time that planning did.”
- Ben Parris.
“Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.”
- Milarepa.
“When `being rushed` is the problem . . . Rushing is never the solution.”
- Bill Crawford.
“What would be the good of rushing? You want these books to last.”
- Robert Caro.
“Nothing good ever comes out of hurry and frustration, only misery.”
- Auliq Ice.
“Better start rushing before the rush begins!”
- Ashleigh Brilliant.
“Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.”
- Statius.
“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”
- William Shakespeare.
“Rushing to war is not a wise course of action.”
- Zbigniew Brzezinski.
“Rushing around smartly is no proof of accomplishing much.”
- Mary Baker Eddy.
Interesting Rushing Quotes
If peace, inner strength, and happiness are what you seek, then we hope you find them in these interesting quotes about taking life slowly.
“History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.”
- John F. Kennedy.
“One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on.”
- D. H. Lawrence.
“The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.”
- Margaret Bourke-White.
“I have to stop rushing things. I have to be composed in my mind and slow things down. I think that will make me a better finisher.”
- Park Ji-sung.
“Nature never rushes, yet everything gets done.”
- Donald L. Hicks.
“One can only see clearly if one is going slowly. Quick motion creates a life-blur.”
- Terri Guillemets.
“Don't rush your legs to feed your greed. They will rush to judge you as the greedy one.” - Auliq Ice.
“It is more important to go slow and gain the lessons you need along the journey than to rush the process and arrive at your destination empty.”
- Germany Kent.
“If you must be in a hurry, then let it be according to the old adage, and hasten slowly.”
- Saint Vincent de Paul.
“There's no need to rush. What's meant for you always arrives right on time.”
- Unknown*.
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“When you start rushing into things, that's when you get some deals that may not be the right ones.”
- Mookie Betts.
“I need to take a sacred pause as if I were a sun-warmed rock in the center of a rushing river.”
- Dawna Markova.
“Don't be in such a rush to reach a goal, that you reach the goal before you are ready. Sometimes, we learn such valuable lessons along the way. Sometimes, we learn more about ourselves and discover that we actually want something different. Put your heart into what you do, but don't rush. Good things take time.”
- Akiroq Brost.
“Everywhere, people are discovering that doing things more slowly often means doing them better and enjoying them more. It means living life instead of rushing through it. You can apply this to everything from food to parenting to work.”
- Carl Honore.
“Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don`t rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.”
- Earl Monroe.
Rushing Quotes You Probably Haven't Heard Before
Patience is an important attribute, so we hope that you read these quotes patiently and take in their message.
“I think that's what happens when you get scared, and you're rushing, and you don't have time. Rather than cut things out and take a chance, and build things up you think are working, you cut everything down a little bit, and everything sort of suffers.”
- Tom Noonan
“... I want to be one of those people who are always to be found at home, nice restful people whom everybody likes because they give a feeling of permanence to this rushing world.”
- Freya Stark
“People who have faith in life are like swimmers who entrust themselves to a rushing river. They neither abandon themselves to its current nor try to resist it. Rather, they adjust their every movement to the watercourse, use it with purpose and skill, and enjoy the adventure.”
- David Steindl-Rast.
“While you'll feel compelled to charge forward it's often a gentle step back that will reveal to you where you are and what you truly seek.”
- Rasheed Ogunlaru.
“And to this day I wish I had lingered a week or so... But we stupid mortals, or most of us, are always in haste to reach somewhere else, forgetting that the zest is in the journey and not in the destination.”
- 'Roads of Adventure', Ralph D Paine.
“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.”
- St Francis de Sales.
“We have sought firm ground and found none. The deeper we penetrate, the more restless the universe becomes; all is rushing about and vibrating in a wild dance.”
- Max Born.
“How quick and rushing life can sometimes seem when at the same time it's so slow and sweet and everlasting.”
- Graham Swift.
“In this twentieth century, to stop rushing around, to sit quietly on the grass, to switch off the world and come back to the earth, to allow the eye to see a willow, a bush, a cloud, a leaf, is an unforgettable experience.”
- Frederick Franck.
“I love not rushing the process. The mind doesn't shift until it does, and when it does shift, it's right on time, not one second too late or too soon. People are like seeds waiting to sprout. We can't be pushed ahead of our own understanding.”
- Byron Katie.
“You can't rush science, but when science points you in the right direction, then you can start rushing.”
- Anthony Fauci.
“As the years go on a sense of deep patience comes over one; one seems to know the virtue of ripeness, and the danger of rushing events.”
- Carolyn Heilbrun.
“You have to know why you're rushing about. It's OK to rush about but it's important to know what's driving you, the positives of it and the negatives of it.”
- Gwyneth Paltrow.
“When we walk like (we are rushing), we print anxiety and sorrow on the earth. We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the earth... Be aware of the contact between your feet and the earth. Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.”
- Thich Nhat Hanh.
“Hasty and adventurous schemes are at first view flattering, in execution difficult, and in the issue disastrous.”
- Livy.
“There is no need to rush in life. Just with one word at a time, your sweet life history will be written boldly in capitals and highlighted for easy access. Be sure you pass the test of patience!”
- Israelmore Ayivor.
“Keep moving. Don't stop. But don't rush. Don't race around. Sure, and steady gets you there every time.”
- Neale Donald Walsch.
“Everyone seems to be rushing through their lives, wishing they had just two minutes to do all the things they want to get gone.”
- Nick Yarris.
“No matter how you hurry, you will notice at the end of the day that you traveled at the speed of time.”
- Robert Breault.
“We hurry over the road that stretches from childhood to maturity only to discover that its most beautiful scenery escaped our vision.”
- James Lendall Basford.
Amusing Rushing Quotes
We hope these amusing quotes make you chuckle.
“Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It's no coincidence we call them 'deadlines'.”
- Tom Robbins.
“When I see everyone rushing in one direction, I know it's time to move the other way.”
- Armand Hammer.
“A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.”
- Agnes Repplier.
“Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.”
- Demosthenes.
“Life is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute - only the last couple seconds are fatal, but most people are scared to death the whole way down.”
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie.
“If you`re rushing around like a chicken with its head cut off you`re probably going to get hurt.”
- Joe Teti.
“Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way.”
- Douglas Pagels.
“Everything that goes on in your whole life is a result of molecules rushing around somewhere in your brain.”
- Don DeLillo
“Rushing around, hoping to find peace of mind anywhere other than within yourself, is like looking for your heart in someone else's body!”
- Guy Finley.
