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Quotes About Waiting

Es gibt menschliche Grundwahrheiten, zu denen das Leben früher oder später immer wieder zurückkehrt. Darum dürfen wir keine Eile haben, wir müssen warten können. ›Gott sucht wieder auf, was vergangen ist‹, heißt es in der Bibel.
~ Unknown
Toate la timpul lor
~ Marc Levy
Ella ha vuelto, está ahí. En algún lugar sobre la tierra, le espera y le busca. Desde ahora, el tiempo cuenta para los dos. Si renuncian el uno al otro será mucho peor que malgastar sus vidas, será la extinción de sus almas.
~ Marc Levy
Know that the police are not required to make a statement on an officer-involved shooting for seventy-two hours.
~ Marc MacYoung
It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.
~ Marcel Proust
With women who do not love us, as with the "dear departed," the knowledge that there is no hope left does not prevent us from continuing to wait.
~ Marcel Proust
When we are kept waiting, we suffer so keenly from the absence of the person for whom we are longing that we cannot endure the presence of anyone else.
~ Marcel Proust
Like a rare species of shrub in a tub, near the carriages, in front of the porch where I was waiting, stood a young page who amazed the eye as much by the remarkable harmonies of his coloured hair as by his plant-like skin.
~ Marcel Proust
Doth God exact day-labor, light denied,' I fondly ask; but patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts, who best Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best, his state Is kingly. Thousands at His bidding speed And post o'er land and ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and wait.' ~Sonnet 19: On His Blindness (1655)~
~ John Milton
God doth not need either man's work or his own gifts, who best bear his milde yoak, they serve his best, his State is Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed and post o're Land and Ocean without rest: they also serve who only stand and waite.
~ John Milton
At the gates of time, blessing waits to usher toward us the grace we need.
~ John O'Donohue
In some ways, "waiting on the Lord" is the hardest part of trusting. It is not the same as "waiting around." It is putting yourself with utter vulnerability in his hands.
~ John Ortberg Jr.
Gina wouldn't be coming back until she marched in with Jesus and all the saints.
~ John Sandford
hundred and forty-three hours to departure.
~ John Sandford
This could be handled. Everything can be handled by he who waits.
~ John Sandford
ANSON PALMER'S STREET was a working persons' street, not many people around midday. Lawrence had pushed her hair up under a baseball cap, walked up the driveway, around Palmer's car to the back door. She knocked on it, and waited.
~ John Sandford
When you lose someone you love, you die too, and you wait around for your body to catch up.
~ John Scalzi
Are we there yet?" I asked Joshua. "No," Joshua said. "Are we there yet?" I said. "No." "Are we there yet?" "No." "Are we there yet?" "Yes," Joshua said. "Stop the car.
~ John Scalzi
Part of me was once someone you loved—she sent. I think that part of me wants to be loved by you again, and wants me to love you as well. I can't be her. I can just be me. But I think you could love me if you wanted to. I want you to. Come to me when you can. I'll be here.
~ John Scalzi
We buy time where we may." "You bought yourself time," Oi agreed. "I don't think it's of very good quality.
~ John Scalzi
What is it like when you lose someone you love?" Jane asked. "You die, too," I said. "And you wait around for your body to catch up."-
~ John Scalzi
How long do you think it will take them to get a transport here?" I asked. "Are you kidding?" Dad said. "If they didn't send for one the second I was done talking to them, I'll eat my hat." "You don't wear a hat," I said. "I will buy a hat and eat it, then," Dad said.
~ John Scalzi
Now What? Kerensky said. We wait, Dahl said. For how long? Kerensky said, As long as dramatically appropriate, Dahl said.
~ John Scalzi
When power is within reach, few will wait patiently for it.
~ John Scalzi