Good habits are the basic tools that will determine whether you are a tortoise or hare in life!
Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.
– Henry David Thoreau
The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.
A turtle’s journey may be slow, but it’s sure and steady.
A turtle’s shell is a reminder to always keep a piece of home with us, wherever we go.
Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help
– Alex Haley
The turtle teaches us to take things slow and steady, for true progress.
It is the fear of what tomorrow may bring that makes the tortoise to carry his house along with him wherever he goes.
A turtle’s ability to adapt to its surroundings is a reminder to stay flexible and open-minded.
It’s the tortoise’s shell, ugly and hard that protects its life long journey on earth.
– African Proverb
Most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after he has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too.
– Ernest Hemingway
Tortoises are cynics, they always expect the worst.
Why?
I dunno, cos it often happens to them I suppose.
– Terry Pratchett
The tortoise stores its wisdom in his shell.
Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.
– Khalil Gibran
The turtle reminds us that true strength comes from within and to always trust our own abilities.
Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause.
– Bruce Feiler
We called him tortoise because he taught us.
– The Mock Turtle
A turtle never rushes, but always arrives on time.
I’m the tortoise in the race, but I’m a joyful tortoise
A turtle’s longevity reminds us to value the journey and not just the destination.
In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
– Anita Brookner
Like a turtle, sometimes it’s important to withdraw into your shell for protection and self-care.
The turtle’s wisdom is in knowing when to pull back and when to push forward.
I am successful because I have always been a tortoise. I did not come from a rich family. I was not smart in school. I did not finish school. I am not particularly talented. Yet, I am far richer than most people simply because I did not stop.
– Robert Kiyosaki
Try to be like the turtle – at ease in your own shell
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– Bill Copeland
Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
– Ajahn Chah
A turtle travels only when it sticks its neck out
– Korean Proverb
I suppose without curiosity a man would be a tortoise. Very comfortable life, a tortoise has.
– Agatha Christie
Moving like a tortoise, full of rigor mortis
All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
The turtle stands on a turtle, which stands on a turtle. That’s the universe in whole, boy. It’s turtles all the way down.
– Bill Willingham
The turtle’s determination to reach its destination is an inspiration to us all.
What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.
– Stephen Hawking
We live in a culture full of hares; but the tortoise always wins
One day a tortoise will learn how to fly
Men who wear turtlenecks look like turtles.
– Doris Lilly
I’m as self-contained as a turtle. When I put my key in the ignition, I have my home right behind me.
– Esther Tallamy
A turtle without a shell is a very strange thing. Even with shells, turtles are very strange things, with their miniature elephant’s feet, parrot’s beak and ludicrous tail.
You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.
– Paul Giamatti
How you start is important, very important, but in the end it is how you finish that counts. It is easier to be a self-starter than a self-finisher. The victor in the race is not the one who dashes off swiftest but the one who leads at the finish. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter in life’s race. In America we breed many hares but not so many tortoises.
– B. C. Forbes
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
– James Bryant
Turtles carry their homes on their backs. Running her finger over the tattoo, she tells him what her dad told her: They’re exposed and hidden at the same time. They’re a symbol of strength and perseverance. That’s very deep.
– Christina Baker Kline
The federal government is like a handicapped turtle trying to crawl around and keep up with the rabbit, which is technology.
– James Breithaupt