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title: "14 God Waited Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 14 God Waited quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best God Waited sayings and thoughts."
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> [“God waited me out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/god-waited-me-out/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [“you could wait to do something for God, but if He waited to do something for you, you couldn't finish reading this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-mccoy/you-could-wait-to-do-something-for-god-but-if-he-waited-to-do/)

[Garrett McCoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-mccoy/)

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> [It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-kepler/it-may-be-well-to-wait-a-century-for-a-reader-as-god-has-waited-six/)

[Johannes Kepler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-kepler/)

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> [If God himself has waited six thousand years for someone to contemplate his works, my book can wait for a hundred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-kepler/if-god-himself-has-waited-six-thousand-years-for-someone-to/)

[Johannes Kepler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-kepler/)

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> [“Keep in mind that if God waited until we were perfect before He allowed us to be in His service, none of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-cooke/keep-in-mind-that-if-god-waited-until-we-were-perfect-before-he/)

[Tony cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-cooke/)

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> [“Oh my God.” She waited for the chastising sting of the mark, which acted like a behavioral-modification dog collar. When the burn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-day/oh-my-god-she-waited-for-the-chastising-sting-of-the-mark-which-acted/)

[Sylvia Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-day/)

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> [The reformer is careless of numbers, disregards popularity, and deals only with ideas, conscience, and common sense. He feels, with Copernicus, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-phillips/the-reformer-is-careless-of-numbers-disregards-popularity-and-deals/)

[Wendell Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-phillips/)

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> [“Christ loved me enough to die for me while I was yet His enemy. If God had waited for me to learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-piper/christ-loved-me-enough-to-die-for-me-while-i-was-yet-his-enemy-if-god/)

[Noel Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-piper/)

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> [“He sang like an angel, he was faithful to God and he waited honorably for the wife he believed God chose for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haven-kimmel/he-sang-like-an-angel-he-was-faithful-to-god-and-he-waited-honorably/)

[Haven Kimmel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haven-kimmel/)

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> [His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/his-heart-beat-faster-and-faster-as-daisy-s-white-face-came-up-to-his/)

[F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/)

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> [“Now because 18 months ago the first dawn, 3 months ago broad daylight but a very few days ago the full sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-kepler/now-because-18-months-ago-the-first-dawn-3-months-ago-broad-daylight/)

[Johannes Kepler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-kepler/)

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> [“God is a wise husbandman, who "waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it (James 5:7).…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-murray/god-is-a-wise-husbandman-who-waiteth-for-the-precious-fruit-of-the/)

[Andrew Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-murray/)

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> [“Instead, we must forgo emotional manipulation and tell the truth about God’s character. The truth is that God is kind and long-suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-anderson/instead-we-must-forgo-emotional-manipulation-and-tell-the-truth-about/)

[Hannah Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-anderson/)

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> [“All right, God, say that You are really there. You have put me in this fix. You want to test me. Suppose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/all-right-god-say-that-you-are-really-there-you-have-put-me-in-this/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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