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Waiting Quotes

1.
The whole universe is sum up in the Human Being. Devil is not a monster waiting to trap us, He is a voice inside. Look for Your Devil in Yourself, not in the Others. Don't forget that the one who knows his Devil, knows his God.
Shams Tabrizi

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2.
Lord, help me to live this day, quietly, easily. To lean upon Thy great strength, trustfully, restfully. To wait for the unfolding of Thy will, patiently, serenely. To meet others, peacefully, joyously. To face tomorrow, confidently, courageously.
Francis of Assisi

3.
Realise this: one day your soul will depart from your body and you will be drawn behind the curtain that floats between us and the unknown. While you wait for that moment, be happy, because you don't know where you came from and you don't know where you will be going.
Omar Khayyam

4.
If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.
Oscar Wilde

5.
Don't wait for miracles, your whole life is a miracle.
Albert Einstein

Do not depend on supernatural occurrences, your entire existence is a blessing.
6.
Don't lose faith. Promise yourself that you will be a success story, and I promise you that all the forces of the universe will unite to come to your aid; you might not feel today or for a while, but the longer you wait the bigger the prize.
George Bernard Shaw

7.
I'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?
Langston Hughes

I'm weary of lingering, aren't you, for the Earth to be pleasant and radiant and benevolent?
8.
Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.
Ernest Hemingway

'Prior to responding, contemplate. Before expending, acquire payment. Before judging, pause. Before departing, make an effort.'
9.
Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future, rather than just waiting for it.
Augusto Boal

Theatre is an enlightenment; it should and can be a catalyst for change. Theatre can help us create our destiny, instead of passively awaiting it.
10.
When you help people, don't wait around to hear them say, "Thank you." A lot of times we do good things, but in the back of our mind we're hoping to get some appreciation. But if you make your intentions pure, and you expect only from Allah, He will take more care of you than you could ever imagine.
Nouman Ali Khan

11.
Crazy how you gotta wait until it's dark out to see who really with you.
Drake

Incredible how you must wait until nightfall to discern who is truly supporting you.
12.
You have to be very careful introducing the truth to the black man, who has never previously heard the truth about himself. The black brother is so brainwashed that he may reject the truth when he first hears it. You have to drop a little bit on him at a time, and wait a while to let that sink in before advancing to the next step
Malcolm X

13.
Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and welcoming them into our very beings. The beauty of listening is that those who are listened to start feeling accepted, start taking our words more seriously and discovering their true selves.
Henri Nouwen

14.
I found myself without money, without credit, without army, without experience and knowledge of my own and finally, also without any counsel because each one of them at first wanted to wait and see how things would develop.
Maria Theresa

15.
I guess that one of the most important things I've learned is that nothing is ever completely bad. Even cancer. It has made me a better person. It has given me courage and a sense of purpose I never had before. But you don't have to do like I did...wait until you lose a leg or get some awful disease, before you take the time to find out what kind of stuff you're really made of. You can start now. Anybody can.
Terry Fox

16.
Don't sit and wait. Get out there, feel life. Touch the sun, and immerse in the sea.
Rumi

Don't linger in limbo. Venture out, experience life. Rejoice in the brightness of day, and plunge into the depths of the ocean.
17.
When a woman didn't enjoy it, she leaves early in the morning. Those who had a nice time will wait until the sun comes out, requests breakfast and taxi money.
Julius Malema

When a woman wasn't satisfied, she would depart shortly after dawn. Those who had an enjoyable evening would linger until sunrise, asking for a meal and fare home.
18.
Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.
Marcel Proust

Be cognizant that the amazingness is in the present, without deferring or desiring it.
19.
Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city.
Le Corbusier

Contemporary existence requires and is anticipating a novel kind of design, both for the home and the urban environment.
20.
Every relationship has tough days. Don't let the grudge last. Be the first to try to make things right and stop waiting for an apology.
Nouman Ali Khan

Every relationship has challenging moments. Don't cling to the resentment. Take initiative in reconciling and don't expect contrition.
21.
Our experience over the last 20 years has shown that indeed people must themselves become their own liberators. You cannot wait for somebody else to come and rescue you.
Thabo Mbeki

'The past two decades have proven that one must be their own champion. Relying on someone else to come to your aid will only lead to disappointment.'
22.
Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bullshit, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute - I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you
Lemmy Kilmister

23.
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.
Howard Thurman

24.
so I wait for you like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me. Till then my windows ache.
Pablo Neruda

I linger like a desolate abode until your reappearance and occupancy. Until then, my portals pang.
25.
I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring. Because if we wait till it is still, it will take a great while to get it going again.
Sojourner Truth

I support maintaining progress while things are in motion. If we wait until everything is static, it will take a lengthy period to restart.
26.
Stop waiting for what you want, and start working what you have. This can turn your greatest frustration into your greatest potential innovation. If you'll do your part, God will begin to do what only He can do: He'll make your box bigger.
Steven Furtick

27.
Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
Booker T. Washington

Achievement bides its time for those with the grit and fortitude to grasp it.
28.
Our willingness to wait reveals the value we place on the object we're waiting for.
Charles Stanley

Our patience in anticipation demonstrates the worth we attach to the item we are yearning for.
29.
Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good.
Merle Haggard

Lie low and bide your time, then when the opportunity arises, make it count.
30.
Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tolerate stoically, silently bear and calmly await.
31.
All that you are seeking is also seeking you. If you lie still, sit still, it will find you. It has been waiting for you a long time.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes

'What you crave is searching for you. If you remain calm and tranquil, it will locate you. It has been biding its time for quite a while.'
32.
Read at every wait;
read at all hours;
read within leisure;
read in times of labor;
read as one goes in;
read as one goest out.
The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Peruse incessantly; peruse in moments of respite; peruse while entering; peruse while leaving. The obligation of the enlightened intellect is simply stated: read to ascend.
33.
Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.
Abdul Kalam

Don't become complacent after your initial success as failure in subsequent attempts may lead to cynicism about the authenticity of your earlier victory.
34.
Don't keep that money waiting, it get impatient.
Fabolous

Don't delay with the funds, they won't be content.
35.
I am not waiting for a move of God, I am a move of God!
William Booth

'I am not expecting an intervention of the divine, I am a manifestation of the divine!'
36.
Oh, yesterdays are over my shoulder, So I can't look back for too long. There's just too much to see waiting in front of me, and I know that I just can't go wrong.
Jimmy Buffett

'Yesterday's memories are behind me, So I must remain focused ahead. There is so much to behold before me, and I'm certain that the outcome will be positive.'
37.
God takes what the enemy meant for your bad and turns it for your good! It wasn't a set back but a set up! Wait and see what God is getting ready to do for you!
Paula White

God turns the tables on your adversaries and makes what they meant for evil into something positive. It wasn't a hindrance but rather an opening! Be patient and witness the wonders God will work in your life!
38.
If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they're gone.
Willie Nelson

If you delay chasing your aspirations until the future, when you eventually arrive they may have vanished.
39.
Don't forget you're alive. 'Cause sometimes when you walk around the city and you're in a bad mood, you can think, hey, wait a minute, we're alive! We don't know what the next second will bring and what a fantastic thing this is. This can get easily forgotten in the routine of life, and that's something I'm trying to bring to my attention at all times. Don't forget you're alive. We're not dead, you know. This is the greatest thing.
Joe Strummer

40.
In Tunisia the Americans had to pay a stiff price for their experience, but it brought rich dividends. Even at that time, the American generals showed themselves to be very advanced in the tactical handling of their forces, although we had to wait until the Patton Army in France to see the most astonishing achievements in mobile warfare.
Erwin Rommel

41.
The cities, the roads, the countryside, the people I meet - they all begin to blur. I tell myself I am searching for something. But more and more, it feels like I am wandering, waiting for something to happen to me, something that will change everything, something that my whole life has been leading up to.
Khaled Hosseini

42.
Don't let not knowing how it'll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
Bob Goff

Do not be deterred by the lack of foresight; take a leap of faith and embrace the unknown, for divine providence awaits.
43.
Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.
Joyce Meyer

Perseverance is not merely the capacity to remain patient - it's how we conduct ourselves while we wait.
44.
Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.
Gordon Ramsay

Persevere and toil relentlessly. Never acquiesce to fate, create your own destiny through unwavering effort and dogged determination.
45.
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
Thomas Aquinas

Supplicate, O Lord my God, a consciousness to understand you, a soul to pursue you, insight to locate you, behavior agreeable to you, unwavering persistence in awaiting for you, and an assurance of ultimately embracing you. Amen.
46.
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.
Billy Joel

Envision, but don't assume they'll all materialize. When will you comprehend... Vienna awaits you.
47.
One baby is a patient baby, and waits indefinitely until its mother is ready to feed it. The other baby is an impatient baby and cries lustily, screams and kicks and makes everybody unpleasant until it is fed. Well, we know perfectly well which baby is attended to first. That is the whole history of politics.
Emmeline Pankhurst

48.
This is Now. Now is, all there is. Don't wait for Then; strike the spark, light the fire.
Rumi

This is the Present. The Present is all that exists. Don't defer to the Future; ignite the flame.
49.
'Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God' (Rom. 10:17). That is whence faith comes. It is not for me to sit down and wait for faith to come stealing over me with a strong sensation, but is for me to take God at His Word.
Dwight L. Moody

50.
Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.
Alice Paul

'Mr. President, how much longer must women persevere in pursuit of autonomy? Grant us the privileges we are entitled to.'