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The moral in this proverb is that the more you hurry the less progress you are likely to make. ‘Haste’ means urgency of movement or precipitancy and ‘speed’ means rapidity of movement. And the proverb means the best result are obtained when we act with deliberation and care. At every step we must ask ourselves what is the next step. This means that we must avoid precipitancy. We should carefully consider the pros and cons before acting.
Directors of companies, Principals of colleges, Presidents and Prime ministers of countries should take this proverb to their hearts. President Roosevelt followed the moral in this proverb, when he introduced his new deal, Henry Ford weighed everything in mind before he gave the world to his Model T. Ford.
Many disasters have come to person and people because this proverb was ignored. Hitler invaded Russia in 1943, against the advice of his generals and Germany paid the penalty for it. Mussolini went against tradition and sentiment when he joined Hitler and it was Italy which paid the penalty for it. History has many examples of this kind and still it continues.
It is not a question of whether the matter is big or small. It is a question of knowing how one is going to do it. If one is clear in one’s mind, one is not impatient. Why should one be in a hurry, when one knows one can finish his job in time. Shrewd housewives, good batsmen, good orators, good businessmen and good statesmen always deliberate first and then.