--- title: "15 Waiting Quotes By Mark Twain" description: "15 Waiting quotes by Mark Twain. Plus more from Mark Twain and more Waiting sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/mark-twain-22_dies_all-good-things-arrive-unto-them-that-wa_2282454.png" --- > [All good things arrive unto them that wait - and don't die in the meantime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/all-good-things-arrive-unto-them-that-wait-and-don-t-die-in-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/mark-twain-22_dies_all-good-things-arrive-unto-them-that-wa_2282454.png) > [Every year you wait, long ago gets farther away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/every-year-you-wait-long-ago-gets-farther-away/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/mark-twain-22_long_every-year-you-wait-long-ago-gets-farthe_2307305.png) > [If you don't like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-you-don-t-like-the-weather-in-new-england-now-just-wait-a-few/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/mark-twain-22_england_if-you-don-t-like-the-weather-in-new-eng_1855703.png) > [A proud man is one who waits for a vacancy in the Trinity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/a-proud-man-is-one-who-waits-for-a-vacancy-in-the-trinity/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/mark-twain-22_men_a-proud-man-is-one-who-waits-for-a-vacan_395729.png) > [Don't wait the time is never just right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/don-t-wait-the-time-is-never-just-right/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/mark-twain-22_funny_don-t-wait-the-time-is-never-just-right_40847.png) > [Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/human-pride-is-not-worthwhile-there-is-always-something-lying-in-wait/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/mark-twain-22_humans_human-pride-is-not-worthwhile-there-is-a_97730.png) > [He was a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/he-was-a-solemn-unsmiling-sanctimonious-old-iceberg-who-looked-like/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e8/mark-twain-22_iceberg_he-was-a-solemn-unsmiling-sanctimonious_519874.png) > [We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/we-are-discreet-sheep-we-wait-to-see-how-the-drove-is-going-and-then/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/mark-twain-22_conformity_we-are-discreet-sheep-we-wait-to-see-how_2608137.png) > [Simple rules for saving money: To save half, when you are fired by an eager impulse to contribute to a charity, wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/simple-rules-for-saving-money-to-save-half-when-you-are-fired-by-an/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/161/mark-twain-22_charity_simple-rules-for-saving-money-to-save-ha_1447058.jpg) > [I pledged myself to smoke but one cigar a day. I kept the cigar waiting until bedtime, then I had a luxurious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-pledged-myself-to-smoke-but-one-cigar-a-day-i-kept-the-cigar/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/mark-twain-22_bedtime_i-pledged-myself-to-smoke-but-one-cigar_2638896.png) > [The easy part of being an artist is figuring out the message that everyone else is ready to hear. The hard part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-easy-part-of-being-an-artist-is-figuring-out-the-message-that/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/mark-twain-22_announcements_the-easy-part-of-being-an-artist-is-figu_919313.png) > [There are no accidents, all things have a deep and calculated purpose; sometimes the methods employed by Providence seem strange and incongruous,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-are-no-accidents-all-things-have-a-deep-and-calculated-purpose/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b9/mark-twain-22_accidents_there-are-no-accidents-all-things-have-a_1433059.png) > [Time and tide wait for no man. A pompous and self-satisfied proverb, and was true for a billion years; but in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/time-and-tide-wait-for-no-man-a-pompous-and-self-satisfied-proverb/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/mark-twain-22_ballast_time-and-tide-wait-for-no-man-a-pompous_1959069.png) > [We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. We have two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/we-are-discreet-sheep-we-wait-to-see-how-the-drove-is-going-and-then-2/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/mark-twain-22_adore_we-are-discreet-sheep-we-wait-to-see-how_3048802.png) > [When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-you-got-to-the-table-you-couldn-t-go-right-to-eating-but-you-had/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/mark-twain-22_barrels_when-you-got-to-the-table-you-couldn-t-g_1568536.png) ## Other authors on Waiting ## More by Mark Twain > [Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/sing-like-no-one-s-listening-love-like-you-ve-never-been-hurt-dance/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-you-had-made-the-acquiring-of-ignorance-the-study-of-your-life-you/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“The Creator sat upon the throne, thinking. Behind him stretched the illimitable continent of heaven, steeped in a glory of light and color; before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-creator-sat-upon-the-throne-thinking-behind-him-stretched-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-s-easy-to-quit-smoking-i-ve-done-it-hundreds-of-times/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“It is never wrong to do the right thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-is-never-wrong-to-do-the-right-thing/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/a-man-accustomed-to-american-food-and-american-domestic-cookery-would/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [There is nothing training can't cannot do. Nothing is above its reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-is-nothing-training-can-t-cannot-do-nothing-is-above-its-reach/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-never-write-metropolis-for-seven-cents-because-i-can-get-the-same/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-higher-animals-get-their-teeth-without-pain-or-inconvenience-man/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“As far as I can see, Italy, for fifteen hundred years, has turned all her energies, all her finances, and all her industry to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/as-far-as-i-can-see-italy-for-fifteen-hundred-years-has-turned-all/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/begin-with-the-determination-to-succeed-and-the-work-is-half-done/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/many-public-school-children-seem-to-know-only-two-dates-1492-and-4th/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [If we could imagine such a man, that is a man who could invent the fly and send him out on his mission and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-we-could-imagine-such-a-man-that-is-a-man-who-could-invent-the-fly/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [You perceive, now, that these things are all impossible except in a dream. You perceive that they are pure and puerile insanities, the silly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/you-perceive-now-that-these-things-are-all-impossible-except-in-a/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/lord-save-us-all-from-a-hope-tree-that-has-lost-the-faculty-of/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/waiting/mark-twain/#itemlist", "name": "15 Waiting Quotes By Mark Twain", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All good things arrive unto them that wait - and don't die in the meantime.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": 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