Make haste slowly


The quickest way to accomplish something is to proceed deliberately.

Words Nearby Make haste slowly

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How to use Make haste slowly in a sentence

  • We will be content to Make haste slowly and take steps to prevent the evils that have defeated those who have gone before.

    Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. Parkman
  • Then, if you are his friend, you will advise him to Make haste slowly.

    The Squire's Daughter | Silas K(itto) Hocking
  • He hoped some day to be rich, but he was content to Make haste slowly.

    The Main Chance | Meredith Nicholson
  • To Make haste slowly, to look before leaping, to take counsel of experience--were Democratic axioms.

    Marse Henry (Vol. 2) | Henry Watterson
  • We must even Make haste slowly, as some old Roman of an Irishman remarked.

    Scarlett of the Mounted | Marguerite Merington