A Quote by John Dryden

Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.

John Dryden

Quote Topics

Performance Quick Resolve Slow

Quote Author

John Dryden
English - Poet
August 19, 1631 - May 12, 1700

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand.

Neil Peart

No expectations, no tension between goals and performance, no outrage, resolve or intention, no action, no results. There's only one way to get a government - and a nation - to stop drifting to low performance. That's to wake up and insist on higher standards.

Donella Meadows

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

Beverly Sills

There's a song on there called 'Slow Down,' and it's about a girl who could be wifey but is just moving to quick, partying; needs to slow down. A lot of ladies can relate; they might know someone or be that girl.

Fabolous

Whenever best friends get into a fight, I feel like it is always quick to resolve.

Casey Cott

We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry.

Francis Chan

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

George W. Bush

what I love is slowness. Slow people, slow reading, slow traveling, slow eggs, and slow love. Everything good comes slow.

Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

Miguel de Cervantes

Be slow to correct and quick to commend.

John Wooden

I sometimes get short-tempered in a public situation because I think, Oh God, I can't go back over that again. I can't put that into a two-word answer. I can't. Wherever I go, people say, "Can I ask you a quick question?" It's always, "a quick question." Well, my answers are slow.

James Hillman

So much depends upon our willingness to make up our minds, collectively and individually, that present levels of performance are not acceptable, either to ourselves or to the Lord. In saying that, I am not calling for flashy, temporary differences in our performance levels, but a quiet resolve to do a better job, to lengthen our stride.