more haste, less speed

English

Proverb

more haste, less speed

1. When we are in a hurry, we often end up completing our task slower.

Translations

when we are in a hurry, we often end up completing our task slower

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欲速則不達 (cmn), 欲速则不达 (cmn) (yùsù zé bùdá)

• Czech: spěchej pomalu (cs)
• Finnish: ei ole hoppu hyväksi, eikä kiire kunniaksi (fi)
• Hungarian: lassan járj, tovább érsz (hu)

• Polish: gdy się człowiek śpieszy, to się diabeł cieszy (pl)
• Russian: тише едешь, дальше будешь (ru) (tíše jédešʹ, dálʹše búdešʹ) (the slower you ride, the farther you'll get), поспешишь — людей насмешишь (ru) (pospešíšʹ, ljudéj nasmešíšʹ) (if you do it in a hurry, you’ll make people laugh)

See also

• haste makes waste

References

• George Latimer Apperson, Martin Manser, Dictionary of Proverbs, Wordsworth Editions, 2006, p. 394 [1]