Haste makes waste
Haste and rashness are almost always negative and destructive. They break health; they wreck business. “Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.” The way of haste is always full of pitfalls. A man in haste is, practically, a half-blind person, often impulsive and headstrong. Such a person is sure to lose the race of life which can be only won slowly and steadily. Emerson rightly observed that Manners require time and nothing is more vulgar than haste. As a Latin proverb enjoins: “If haste is at all to be made, it should be made slowly.” As already suggested, haste is vicious and most harmful in business. A businessman should be rather patient and calm minded should look in all directions before plunging into a bargain-should learn to work and wait. The old fable of the hare and the tortoise is just as good now, and just as true, as when it was first written. In haste, one fails to consider all the aspects of a problem, and this a businessman can ill-afford to do. As a Russian proverb goes, hurry is only good for catching flies. Rapidly does not necessarily lead to progress. Haste also interferes with health and peace of mind. It may be a symptom of nervousness or debility and in its own turn it fosters weakness and ill-health. An unbalanced personality utmost always displays haste. While doing something, we must not forget that nothing can be achieved in a single day or overnight and that every achievement takes its time. Haste, in itself, is a sort of morbidity—a disease. The presence of haste signifies the absence of sanity and self-control. To be precise — haste makes waste, means that haste entails much wastage-wastage of time, money and energy. Haste is a contemptible vice. It leaves man more involved, fatigued, and pent up. “Take time for all things. Great haste makes great haste makes great waste.”
