The sooner the better/ it is better to do it early/ it is not worh postponing
It's better to do the thing sooner rather than later.
("There were many of our early Hasidim who would spend an hour before the feast in prayer, so that they might direct their hearts to their Father in Heaven" - Yalkut Shimon Tehilim Remez Titifah, and so: "Where is the body of Shimon the son of Nemei, for he struck Delizil, Jaffa, one hour before the feast" - Shu't Mikhtam to David Helek Hoshen Judge Simeon A, and so on: "He came there to see if he could find a way to save someone who was older than ten, and he did not have the courage to say a word, and to be careful, and he would be saved one hour earlier" - Shu't Sheycha Yitzhak Simeon Teft, and so on: "Then they would separate the pack before the fire was kindled... because from the midst of the division, the people came to the hands of the Haruphin And blasphemy, and then you have passed a watch to win, so Yahseh from the mountain of Joppa is beautiful one hour earlier" - Pela Yoetz / Ot M., Mahleket, and also: "There is one who asks for mercy on high for the years of the decree... the mountains of Joppa are beautiful one hour earlier" - Y. Burla / Kisupim, 82, and also: "I said to him, because my house is my house of prayer. He said to me, this is his house, his wife. And my rabbi said Life, beauty one hour ago" - Agnon/ Orech Natah Lalon, 288, and also: "The reading in the letter that the Ramban sent to his son in Catalonia...has something in it that deceives my heart: You will see a true sky, and beauty one hour ago" - Life in the Light/ Feathers, 7)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
וְיָפָה שָׁעָה אַחַת קֹדֶם
Definition (Hebrew)
טוֹב לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת הַדָּבָר מֻקְדָּם יוֹתֵר.
("שָׁנוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ חֲסִידִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים הָיוּ שׁוֹהִין שָׁעָה אַחַת קֹדֶם תִּפְלָתָן כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּכַוְּנוּ אֶת לִבָּם לַאֲבִיהֶם שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם"- יַלְקוּט שִׁמְעוֹנִי תְּהִלִּים רֶמֶז תִּתְפַּח, וְכֵן:"אִיכָּא לְמֵמַר דֶּהָיֵא גּוּפָהּ כַּוָּנַת שִׁמְעוֹן אִי נָמֵי כִּי הֵיכִי דְּלִיזִיל יָפָה שָׁעָה אַחַת קֹדֶם"- שׁוּ"ת מִכְתָּם לְדָוִד חֵלֶק חֹשֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט סִימָן א, וְכֵן:"הֵבִיא שָׁם סְבָרָא לְהָקֵל בְּמִי שֶׁהוּא כְּבָר יוֹתֵר מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים אֵין לוֹ לָחוּשׁ לְשׁוּם דָּבָר, וּלְהַקְדִּים, וְיָפָה שָׁעָה אַחַת קֹדֶם לְהִנָּצֵל"- שׁוּ"ת שִׂיחַ יִצְחָק סִימָן תפט, וְכֵן:"תֵּכֶף יַפְרִידוּ הַחֲבִילָה קֹדֶם שֶׁתִּהְיֶה הַשַּׁלְהֶבֶת...כִּי מִתּוֹךְ הַמַּחֲלֹקֶת בָּאִים לִידֵי חֵרוּפִין וְגִדּוּפִין, וְאַחַר כָּךְ עֲבַרְתֶּם שְׁמוּרָה לָנֶצַח,לָכֵן יָחִישׁ מִפְלָט יָפָה שָׁעָה אַחַת קֹדֶם"- פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ/ אוֹת מ', מַחְלֹקֶת, וְכֵן:"יֵשׁ לְבַקֵּשׁ רַחֲמִים בַּמְּרוֹמִים לשׁנותהגזירה...הֲרֵי יָפָה שָׁעָה אַחַת קֹדֶם"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 82, וְכֵן:"אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ, כִּי בֵּיתִי בֵּית תְּפִלָּתִי. אָמַר לִי, בֵּיתוֹ זוֹ אִשְׁתּוֹ. וְאָמַר רַבִּי חַיִּים,יָפָה שָׁעָה אַחַת קֹדֶם"- עַגְנוֹן/ אוֹרֵחַ נָטָה לָלוּן, 288, וְכֵן:"הַקְּרִיאָה בָּאִגֶּרֶת, שֶׁשִּׁגֵּר הָרַמְבָּ"ן אֶל בְּנוֹ בְּקָטָלוּנְיָה...יֵשׁ בָּהּ כְּדֵי לָטַעַת בְּלִבִּי יֵרַאְתְּ שָׁמַיִם אֲמִתִּית, וְיָפָה שָׁעָה אַחַת קֹדֶם"- חַיִּים בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת,7)