Proper Time Quotes - Page 2

• The longer I live, the longer I realize that batting is more a mental matter than it is physical. The ability to grasp the bat, swing at the proper time, take a proper stance; all these are elemental. Batting is rather a study in psychology, a sizing up of a pitcher and catcher and observing little details that are of immense importance. It's like the study of crime, the work of a detective as he picks up clues.

  Ty Cobb

  Swings, Psychology, Bats

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• The mind which can totally and inanely forget its work and obligations is often also the mind which can, at the proper time, give them the fullest attention.

  Robert Grudin

  Giving, Mind, Attention

  Robert Grudin (1997). “Time and the Art of Living”, p.133, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You can't improve sound by having only silence. The problem is to use each at the proper time.

  Norton Juster

  Silence, Sound, Use

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.163, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• He saw the cause of his unhappiness in the family--the family as a social institution, which does not permit the child to become an independent individual at the proper time.

  August Strindberg

  Children, Independent, Doe

  August Strindberg (2014). “Married”, p.229, The Floating Press

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• To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head and with joyfulness, consummated in the midst of children and witnesses: so that an actual leave-taking is possible while he who is leaving is still there.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Death, Children, Fear

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• All comes at the proper time to him who knows how to wait.

  Vincent de Paul

  Inspirational, Waiting, Know How

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• No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day, . . . . . . No road, no street, no t' other side the way, . . . . . . No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no buds.

  Thomas Hood

  Flower, Butterfly, Moon

  Thomas Hood, “No!”

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• The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

  William Ralph Inge

  Inspirational, Children, Character

  William Ralph Inge (1932). “More Lay Thoughts of a Dean”

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• Knowing how to use your voice so it makes sense to your dog, using words in a way your dog can understand, correcting him without creating fear, praising him properly, and doing it all at the proper time are critical skills to develop if your dog is to learn from you.

  Brian Kilcommons

  Dog, Skills, Voice

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• The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times of sudden horror, tragedy or disaster. The pulse stops apparently, and nothing can be done, and not one move made, until a “nice cup of tea” is quickly made. There is no question that it brings solace and does steady the mind. What a pity all countries are not.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Running, Country, Nice

  "Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes".

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• There is no proper time and place for reading. When the mood for reading comes, one can read anywhere

  Lin Yutang

  Reading, Mood

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• Very often we write down a sentence too early, then another too late; what we have to do is write it down at the proper time, otherwise it's lost.

  Thomas Bernhard

  Inspirational, Writing, Too Late

  Thomas Bernhard (2013). “Concrete”, p.81, Faber & Faber

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• It might be something as simple as saying the right word to the right person at the right time-and that could change the course of history. You never really know. But the whole thing is to work at the process of being in sync with the universe, so that everything will align at the proper time so that you can deliver that which is your life mission. And that's why we're here as individuals. And then there's our contribution to the collective. It makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

  Herbie Hancock

  Simple, Might, Musician

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• After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way.

  Lee Konitz

  Simple, Years, Play

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• When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.

  Diogenes

  Time, Men, Rich

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• Preachers are stewards whom the Lord has ‘set over his household servants to provide them with food at the proper time.’ After all the years the church has suffered under forceful preachers and winning orators, under compelling pulpiteers and clerical bigmouths with egos to match, how nice to hear that Jesus expects preachers in their congregations to be nothing more than faithful household cooks.

  Robert Farrar Capon

  Jesus, Nice, Winning

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• It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a good beginning, and not spend time with many words before coming to the point; secondly, to say that which belongs to the subject in chief, and avoid strange and foreign thoughts; thirdly, to stop at the proper time.

  Martin Luther

  Should Have, Principles, Three

  Martin Luther (1885). “Luther's Table-talk”

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• As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to determine whether it is the correct time to order chocolate dishes: any month whose name contains the letter A, E, or U is the proper time for chocolate.

  Sandra Boynton

  Fun, Memories, Women

  "Chocolate: The Consuming Passion". Book by Sandra Boynton, 1982.

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