C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.
Promptness
The keen spirit seizes the prompt occasion.
Hannah More.
Despatch is the soul of business.
Lord Chesterfield.
Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
Lavater.
Timely service, like timely gifts, is doubled in value.
George MacDonald.
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.
Lord Chesterfield.
The flighty purpose never is o’ertook, unless the deed go with it.
Shakespeare.