Quotes About Waiting

The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.

Don't leave before the miracle happens!

Killing time is the chief end of our society.

We have as much time as we need.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

The longest day is soon ended.

Too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, time is not.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

All things come round to him who will but wait.

The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

The goal of prayer is the ear of God, a goal that can only be reached by patient and continued and continuous waiting upon Him, pouring out our heart to Him and permitting Him to speak to us. Only by so doing can we expect to know Him, and as we come to know Him better we shall spend more time in His presence and find that presence a constant and ever-increasing delight.

I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on God. They just drop down and say a few words, and then jump up and forget it and expect God to answer them. Such praying always reminds me of the small boy ringing his neighbor's door-bell, and then running away as fast as he can go.

God delays, but doesn't forget.

God's "nothings" are His most positive answers. We have to stay on God and wait. Never try to help God to fulfill His word.

His shortcoming is his long staying.

Since luck's a nine days' wonder, wait their end.

The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.

Waiting is one of the great arts.

The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity, self-sufficiency, and resourcefulness. People who wait around for life to supply their satisfaction usually find boredom instead.

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

It is always dullest before the yawn.

People are afraid of the future, of the unknown. If a man faces up to it, and takes the dare of the future, he can have some control over his destiny. That's an exciting idea to me, better than waiting with everybody else to see what's going to happen.

And now, Lord, what wait I for?

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.