76 Better Late Than Never Quotes

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Famous Better Late Than Never Quotes

Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late? — Lewis Carroll

Better late than never is a bad plan for site reliability. — Cliff Lerner

It is not too late. It is never too late. — Brianna Wiest

It is never too late to be wise. — Daniel Defoe

Better late than never but never late is better. They tell me time is money well we'll spend it together. — Drake

It's never too late to start. It's always too late to wait. — Jeff Olson

It is never too late to become reasonable and wise. — Immanuel Kant

It's never too late -- never too late to start over, never too late to be happy. — Jane Fonda

It is never too late to be what you might have been. - George Eliot

It is never too late to be what you might have been. — George Eliot

There's no such thing as 'too late!' That's why they invented death! — Walter Matthau

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. - William Shakespeare

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. — William Shakespeare

It's never too late to change your luck — Diplo

One of the wonderful things about being ALIVE is that it's never too late. — Phyllis A. Whitney

It's never too late to have a happy childhood. — Wayne Dyer

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something. - Carl Sandburg

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something. — Carl Sandburg

It's Not Too Late Quotes

For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do. — Byron Katie

Courage, my friend, it's not too late to make the world a better place. — Tommy Douglas

Better late than never quote For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're
For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and, if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

You are still young, free.. Do yourself a favor. Before it's too late, without thinking too much about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can. You will not regret it. One day it will be too late. — Jhumpa Lahiri

He's like a drug for you, Bella. I see that you can't live without him now. It's too late. But I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun. — Stephenie Meyer

The words are all gone, the time's been too long but it's not too late to say I'm sorry to a friend — Edwin McCain

Better late than never quote Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no mater how slow.
Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no mater how slow.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

It's not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are capable of. — Mahatma Gandhi

you are not too old and it is not too late to dive into your increasing depths where life calmly gives out it's own secret — Rainer Maria Rilke

It's not too late to develop new friendships or reconnect with people. — Morrie Schwartz

Before Its Too Late Quotes

But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late! — Samuel Beckett

Every man must be made to realize that further retreat is impossible. He must realize with his mind and heart that this is a matter of life and death of the Soviet state, of the life and death of the people of our country...the Nazi troops must be stopped now, before it is too late. — Leonid Brezhnev

We must treat water as if it were the most precious thing in the world, the most valuable natural resource. Be economical with water! Don't waste it! We still have time to do something about this problem before it is too late. — Mikhail Gorbachev

Better late than never quote Never be a prisoner of your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence.
Never be a prisoner of your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence.

The Mother's knowledge of unity, her powers of sensitivity, humility, and balance, and her infinite respect for the miracle of all life have now to be invoked by each of us and practiced if the 'masculine' rational imbalance of our civilization is to be righted before its too late. — Andrew Harvey

White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories? Frank Graham favors mingling of the races. — Jesse Helms

Let us do something, while we have the chance! ... Let us make the most of it, before it is too late! Let us represent worthily for one the foul brood to which a cruel fate consigned us! — Samuel Beckett

Better late than never quote Never regret anything that made you smile.
Never regret anything that made you smile.

Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late. — Lee Iacocca

Make sure you tell the people you love that you love them. Loudly and often. You never know when it might be too late. — Tom Hiddleston

I got the message. All of us get the message, sooner or later. If you get it before it's too late or before you're too old, you'll pull through all right. — Nat King Cole

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late. — Thomas Sowell

Being Late Quotes

Don't you quit. You keep walking, you keep trying, there is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon. Some come late. Some don't come until heaven. But for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be alright in the end. Trust God and believe in Good Things to Come. — Jeffrey R. Holland

Safe sex, safe music, safe clothing, safe hair spray, safe ozone layer. Too late! Everything that's been achieved in the history of mankind has been achieved by not being safe. — Lemmy Kilmister

I’m not good-looking. I used to be, but not anymore. Not like Robert Taylor. What I have got is I have character in my face. It’s taken an awful lot of late nights and drinking to put it there. When I go to work in a picture, I say, ‘Don’t take the lines out of my face. Leave them there.’ — Humphrey Bogart

Better late than never quote The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there "is" such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and postive action. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hungry is a word that I've been analyzing here of late. It's not hunger that drives me, it's not hunger that needs to drive our football team. Hunger and thirst are things that can be quenched. We have to be a driven group, we have to seek greatness. — Mike Tomlin

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day. - Franz Liszt

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day. — Franz Liszt

Better late than never quote You're a work of art. Not everyone will understand you, but the ones who do, will never forget about
You're a work of art. Not everyone will understand you, but the ones who do, will never forget about you.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late. — Henny Youngman

A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late. — Frank Sinatra

I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad, but it will be too late. — Mitch Hedberg

Too Late Quotes

I don't do regrets. Regrets are pointless. It's too late for regrets. You've already done it, haven't you? You've lived your life. No point wishing you could change it. — Lemmy Kilmister

Hell is Truth Seen Too Late. - Thomas Hobbes

Hell is Truth Seen Too Late. — Thomas Hobbes

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open. — Alexander Graham Bell

When you're dying of thirst it's too late to think about digging a well. - Japanese Proverbs

When you're dying of thirst it's too late to think about digging a well. — Japanese Proverbs

Inspection with the aim of finding the bad ones and throwing them out is too late, ineffective, and costly. Quality comes not from inspection but from improvement of the process. — W. Edwards Deming

There is no more ridiculous custom than the one that makes you express sympathy once and for all on a given day to a person whose sorrow will endure as long as his life. Such grief, felt in such a way is always present, it is never too late to talk about it, never repetitious to mention it again. — Marcel Proust

Better late than never quote Failure are part of life. If you don't fail, you don't learn. If you don't learn you'll never change
Failure are part of life. If you don't fail, you don't learn. If you don't learn you'll never change.

The second best decision in time is infinitely better than the perfect decision too late. — Omar N. Bradley

When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can't eat money. — Alanis Obomsawin

Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again. — Bikram Choudhury

Love is all a matter of timing. It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late. — Wong Kar-wai

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More Better Late Than Never Quotes

Two heads are better than one. — Unknown Author

Better late than never. — Matthew Henry

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never. — Livy

It is better to learn late than never. — Publilius Syrus

Better never than late. — George Bernard Shaw

Better late than never."-Dork Diaries — Rachel Renée Russell

Build high-speed, electrified trains over the most-traveled corridors. It'sreally hard to power carbon-free airplanes, but electrified trains are much easier. We'll be a half century behind the Japanese, but better late than never. — Denis Hayes

It is remarkable that almost all speakers and writers feel it to be incumbent on them, sooner or later, to prove or acknowledge the personality of God. Some Earl of Bridgewater, thinking it better late than never, has provided for it in his will. It is a sad mistake. — Henry David Thoreau

I've never enjoyed sleep as much until I got the 'Today' job. There is something about early sleep that's much better than late sleep. I feel myself going to sleep; I don't just plonk my head on the pillow. It's a sort of winding-down thing. — Evan Davis

When I learned that there was such a thing as an atheist, I looked it up - and found out that the definition fitted me to a tee. Finally, at the age of 24, I found out who and what I was. Better late than never. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Or is there no such thing as 'too late'? Is there only 'late' and is 'late' always better than 'never'? I don't know. — Bernhard Schlink

…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all. — Arthur Conan Doyle

If Merkel has discovered Europe in a beer tent, I can only say: better late than never. Otherwise, it was the height of hypocrisy: The chancellor sat down for a beer with CSU Chairman Horst Seehofer, the man who after the election praised Donald Trump as a very resolute man. — Martin Schulz

I’m elated. I guess it’s better late than never. Welcome to the 21st century. It’s fantastic. I love Dior, and Rihanna is very much one of my style icons. I’m happy they got there in the end. I adore her style. She loves fashion, she’s unafraid. She uses her imagination, which is something we should all strive to do. — Beverly Johnson

Better late than never. — Livy

With love like that, you can't get pick about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's there. Better late than never. — Sarah Dessen

You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover's say, And happy is the lover. 'Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever. — A. E. Housman

I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if it is finally tackled with energy and received with joy. Or is there no such thing as "too late"? Is there only "late," and is "late" always better than "never"? I don't know. — Bernhard Schlink

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