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Quotes About Waiting

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.
~ John Mason Brown
Whether it's marriage of business, patience is the first rule of success.
~ William Feather
My dearest,' said Valentine, 'has the count not just told us that all human wisdom was contained in these two words – "wait" and "hope"?
~ Alexandre Dumas
It is necessary ... to yield to the storm, purchase a peace, and wait patiently for better times.
~ Alexandre Dumas
He called successively at the abodes of Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Neither of them had returned.
~ Alexandre Dumas
until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, - `Wait and hope.' Your friend
~ Alexandre Dumas
Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day when God designs to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, - Wait and hope. - Edmond Dantès
~ Alexandre Dumas
Bu kutsal bir sözdür, iyi bilirim: polis hata yapt???nda iz üzerinde olduÄŸunu söyler, hükümet de, polisin süklüm püklüm gelip izin yok olduÄŸunu söyleyeceÄŸi güne kadar sakin sakin bekler.
~ Alexandre Dumas
Delays only double grief when one has to part ...
~ Alexandre Dumas
all human wisdom is contained in the words 'wait and hope!
~ Alexandre Dumas
So, do live and be happy, children dear to my heart, and never forget that, until the day when God deigns to unveil the future to mankind, all human wisdom is contained in these two words: 'wait' and 'hope'!
~ Alexandre Dumas
Delay only increases the sorrow of parting.
~ Alexandre Dumas
Do you know what you have done, wise as you are? I have waited a month, which means I have suffered a month. I hoped-man is such a poor and miserable creature-I hoped, for what? I don't know: something unimaginable, absurd, senseless, a miracle...but what? God alone knows, for it was He who diluted our reason with that madness called hope.
~ Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
~ Wait and Hope
All human wisdom is summed up in these two words,--'wait' and 'hope'.
~ Alexandre Dumas
Sir, you are punctual, and I cannot complain that you have broken your promise; but oh, how the time has dragged, and how long it has seemed before the clock struck six!
~ Alexandre Dumas
sino al giorno in cui Dio si degnerà di svelare all'uomo l'avvenire, l'intera saggezza umana risiederà in queste due parole: Attendere e sperare!
~ Alexandre Dumas
and left the table, to return a few moments later
~ Alexandre Dumas
So, do live and be happy, children dear to my heart, and never forget that, until the day when God deigns to unveil the future to mankind, all human wisdom is contained in these two words: 'wait' and 'hope'!
~ Alexandre Dumas
Fino a quel giorno che Dio si degnerà di svelare all'uomo il futuro, tutta la saggezza umana sarà in queste due parole: aspettare e sperare!
~ Alexandre Dumas
The lifelong friends, he said. We sometimes wait a lifetime for them.
~ Ali Smith
Time dribbles through our fingers while we wait.
~ Alice Camille
It was as though I had one map inside my head and it led to the man who was waiting for me. Someone who was alone — maybe even more alone — than I was…
~ Alice Hoffman
For six months I did what women do: I waited. This is what women are taught to be good at. It's said that a woman's life is merely preparation for the primal nine-month wait. Whatever the reason, they do it well. Sometimes they drink or bite their fingernails down to the wrist. They count stars and initials and wait: for something to happen, for something to pass, to change, to begin, to end.
~ Alice Hoffman