Quotes About Waiting

I do not think that life has a suspense more sickening than that of expecting a letter which does not come.

I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation.

Everybody is in the waiting room of life. Yoga is not a waiting. It is a doing, today.

Always keep this point in mind: the word "delay" means what it says: late. Delayed isn't never, no matter how much it may feel like that at age fifteen or even twenty-five.

There came over me a terrifying sense of understanding about the meaning and the pathetic destiny of men. The desert was always there, a patient white animal, waiting for men to die, for civilizations to flicker and pass into the darkness.

The desert was always there, a patient white animal, waiting for men to die, for civilizations to flicker and pass into the darkness.

Best way then is to be waiting for them to bring Halt and the others out of that prison," he said, almost to himself. "There's only one reason I can think of that they might do that," Umar said. "That's if they are going to execute them." Will lookd at him for several seconds before speaking. "Well, that's a big comfort.

Sometimes, he thought, all you could do was wait.

De ouderen mochten graag zeggen dat er tijdens het wachtlopen weinig te doen was en dat de jongere zeelieden heel goed waren in weinig doen.

Most of our time is spent waiting. A Ranger's best asset is patience.

Ze wist al aan welk prettig ding ze zou denken als Keren weer aan kwam zetten met zijn steen.

Someday, you'll understand.

Sometimes the best solution to a problem is active waiting. There is wisdom in allowing events to unfold in their own time.

surely by now you must know: It's love; it's love—but will there ever be good news?...

have you been waiting all this time, faithful as always, my Life?...

The thing about living with a death sentence for so long is you tend to miss the moment life starts to get better because you're so ready for it to get much, much worse.

Knowing God's own time is best, In patient hope I rest...

Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.

Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.

War is sometimes described as long periods of boredom punctuated by short moments of excitement. History is often similar, if rather safer.

All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten o'clock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle.

The tide tarrieth no man.

Sloane los vio desaparecer bajo la superficie negra del agua. Y esperó. Una hora como mínimo. Nada. Los buceadores se tomaron un descanso. Vio que bebían café y hablaban con los demás policías. Después volvieron a equiparse y se sumergieron de nuevo en el río. Otra hora. Nada.

Another part of you is already an old man, looking back on things. Waiting at the door for his granddaughter who's trying to make her way home for a visit. You are two people still separated by an ocean of time, part of you bursting to talk about what you saw, part of you longing to tell you what it means.