Timing is everything
Meaning: Seizing the right moment determines success more than effort or ability alone.
Origin: A common modern saying with no traced first use: the right moment can matter more than the action itself.
More proverbs about Wisdom
- To the victor go the spoils — Victory earns the right to claim rewards and resources from the defeated.
- What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh — Inborn character traits and inherited nature inevitably reveal themselves outwardly, no m…
- What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts — Life's ups and downs balance out over time; temporary losses in one area offset by gains…
- Wins on Sunday, sells on Monday — Quick early success often masks underlying weakness, inviting premature confidence before…
- You can't be half pregnant — A condition either exists completely or not at all; commitment cannot be partial or ambig…
- You can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear — Inferior materials cannot be transformed into superior products through effort alone.
From our compliments & insults
- Eres la leche — You're the best — absolutely fantastic.
- Eline sağlık — Praise and thanks to someone — especially a cook — for something made beautifully by hand.
- És uma joia — You're a gem — a precious, lovely person.