--- title: "10 Doing Waiting Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Doing Waiting quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Doing Waiting sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/john-lennon-322_inspirational_from-this-moment-on-i-know-exactly-where_1915862.jpg" --- > [From this moment on I know exactly where my life will go: seems that all I really was doing was waiting for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/from-this-moment-on-i-know-exactly-where-my-life-will-go-seems-that/) [John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lennon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/john-lennon-322_inspirational_from-this-moment-on-i-know-exactly-where_1915862.jpg) > [“Why am I doing this all over again? Waiting for him to choose me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abby-mcdonald/why-am-i-doing-this-all-over-again-waiting-for-him-to-choose-me/) [Abby McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abby-mcdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/abby-mcdonald-14536_choose_why-am-i-doing-this-all-over-again-waiti_3081512.jpg) > [“We spend most of our lives doing nothing but waiting. Waiting things that always change.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-spend-most-of-our-lives-doing-nothing-but-waiting-waiting-things/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/anonymous-1_life_we-spend-most-of-our-lives-doing-nothing_2557452.jpg) > [“So much of war is sitting around and doing nothing, waiting for somebody else. With no guarantee of the amount of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/so-much-of-war-is-sitting-around-and-doing-nothing-waiting-for/) [Graham Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/graham-greene-441_fitness_so-much-of-war-is-sitting-around-and-doi_1897670.jpg) > [“So much of war is sitting around doing nothing, waiting for someone else. With no guarantee of the amount of time you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/so-much-of-war-is-sitting-around-doing-nothing-waiting-for-someone/) [Graham Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/graham-greene-441_fitness_so-much-of-war-is-sitting-around-doing-n_2175659.jpg) > [“I don't think you get to be mad at someone unless they come through for you. I don't think you have that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-dave/i-don-t-think-you-get-to-be-mad-at-someone-unless-they-come-through/) [Laura Dave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-dave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/laura-dave-10710_think_i-don-t-think-you-get-to-be-mad-at-someo_842523.png) > [“Waiting does not mean doing nothing . Waiting for the Lord means, "I know God is at work in this situation even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-pritchard/waiting-does-not-mean-doing-nothing-waiting-for-the-lord-means-i-know/) [Ray Pritchard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-pritchard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fde/ray-pritchard-56952_behind-the-scenes_waiting-does-not-mean-doing-nothing-wait_112991.jpg) > [If you're impatient while waiting for the bus, tell yourself you're doing 'Bus waiting meditation.' If you're standing in a slow line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/if-you-re-impatient-while-waiting-for-the-bus-tell-yourself-you-re/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/gretchen-rubin-867_bus_if-you-re-impatient-while-waiting-for-th_2532452.png) > [“It's never going to be over, so stop waiting for the good stuff. As of now, spend a minimum of one hour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-never-going-to-be-over-so-stop-waiting-for-the-good-stuff-as-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/anonymous-1_children_it-s-never-going-to-be-over-so-stop-wait_2371055.jpg) > [Waiting something we both hate to do something people spend there whole lives doing something I will do for you Waiting no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laiya-torres/waiting-something-we-both-hate-to-do-something-people-spend-there/) [Laiya Torres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laiya-torres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/laiya-torres-175680_finding-love_waiting-something-we-both-hate-to-do-som_123764.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-waiting/#itemlist", "name": "Doing Waiting Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "From this moment on I know exactly where my life will go: seems that all I really was doing was waiting for love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Lennon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/from-this-moment-on-i-know-exactly-where-my-life-will-go-seems-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/john-lennon-322_inspirational_from-this-moment-on-i-know-exactly-where_1915862.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/john-lennon-322_inspirational_from-this-moment-on-i-know-exactly-where_1915862.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/john-lennon-322_inspirational_from-this-moment-on-i-know-exactly-where_1915862.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“From this moment on I know exactly where my life will go: seems that all I really was doing was waiting for…” — John Lennon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Why am I doing this all over again? 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