Waiting Quotes
We are always waiting, aren't we? All in a state of hesitation and held breath. Sometimes it's glorious like a storm at the end of a hot day.
But an intelligent man like you would know that to live in an unrealistic hope is a very foolish way to spend a life." - Lena Gray
Desperate prayers may be an indication of spiritual health rather than a sign of spiritual deficiency.
Waiting and waiting and waiting... for somebody to reply... but nobody is going to reply.
I know with unqualified certainty that I want to die. But I also know with equivalent certainty that I won't do anything about it. That I will only remain here and wait for death to indulge me.
If you wait to figure out everything before starting anything, it'll never happen.
Time doesn't stop. Your life doesn't stop and wait until you get ready to start living it.
The second this interminable wait ended, it would all start to fall away into the past, to become unreal.
Soon, " he said in his letter. They said "soon" to each other often, and "soon" gave their plan the weight of something real.
In an age of immediacy the idea of waiting sounds hopelessly outdated. But that said, there is something to be said about anticipation...
When God brings a time of waiting, and appears to be unresponsive, don't fill it with busyness, just wait.
Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible
That...that was how I spent the day, just waiting, waiting, waiting...but waiting like a man running amok, senselessly, like an animal, with that headlong, direct persistance.
Sometimes it is not right to wait for the right train. Take any train instead of rotting at the station! In other words, be realistic!
So the criminals win, that's what you're saying? For now they do. But it's a long game, Jamison. And I always play for the long game.
No more bells ringing in the middle of the afternoon demolishing the rest of the day. No more waiting for the situation to change.
He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch.
I wait, wait to hear your silent footsteps. I wait, wait to caress your distant voice.I wait, wait to embrace myself in you.
Waiting insistently in front of a tightly closed door is unfair to all of the open doors! Give a chance to the open doors!
The loudspeaker on the wall crackles, hisses, and suddenly announces, in astonishingly soothing tones, that a train is going to be delayed. An ocean swell of sighs ripples through the waiting room.
What we do while we wait may be more important than what we are waiting for.
Not that complicated. I think I'm in love with you, Essie. But I also think you're not ready. I shouldn't have sprung it on you like that, so I decided to take it at your speed.
The beauty of the unexpected lies within the surprise of the momentum, not only at its tipping point, but also within all the moments waiting.
The thing about waiting is that the longer you wait, the more impatient you become.
Sometimes you wait for the right time and you run out of time altogether.
For whom am I waiting? I don't know, at this point in my life there doesn't seem to be anybody that I am really waiting for, hoping for.
The seeker might aim to hide too, make sure the person you are waiting for is trustworthy, if not there will be no one looking for you.
And you know what I realize now? That we're all waiting on something, no matter where we are in life. It's the human condition.
Endless dreams are forever waiting, whereas success is, and does.
Most of us live our lives like toads, sitting perfectly still, under a plantain leaf. We are waiting for a fly to come our way. When it comes out darts the tongue. We nab it.That is all. We eat it.
When you are constantly waiting and wanting your declaration is that you are NOT.
Bercelak’s kin kept themselves busy by sharpening weapons, reading, talking, or setting things on fire with small bursts of flame.
Um..." I mumbled, "We wait.""What? Wait? Do you expect them to just come up here to the beach to get some moonlight?" He sneered as he took another bite of the eagle.
I beg women to wait. Wait on God. Keep your mouth shut. Don’t expect anything until the declaration is clear and forthright. And to the men I say be careful with us, please. Be circumspect.