Wait Quotes

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I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come.… — Madam C. J. Walker
To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't wait until you die. If you wait, you die now.… — Alan Cohen
The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy. — Goswami Kriyananda
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death. — Charles de Gaulle
Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we… — Gabriela Mistral
Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself. — Laozi
Ask her to wait a moment I am almost done. — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Those wanting to improve democracy in their countries should not wait for permission. — Bulent Ecevit
Most of us wait until we're in trouble, and then we pray like the dickens. Wonder what would happen if, some morning, we'd wake up… — Bill Vaughan
Don't ever rob a bank. Enjoy life. Have fun. Choose to be happy now; don't wait until you're 'successful,' because honestly, I was as happy… — Peter Farrelly
I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, 'What do I do next?' Pat replied, 'Wait till the pain dies down.' — Bob Hope
Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. — Bradley Whitford
To gain knowledge, we must learn to ask the right questions; and to get answers, we must act, not wait for answers to occur to… — Anatol Rapoport
School is about learning to wait your turn, however long it takes to come, if ever. And how to submit with a show of enthusiasm… — John Taylor Gatto
I love you like a river that understands that it must learn to flow differently over waterfalls and to rest in the shallows. I love… — Paulo Coelho
The whole thing of being in music is not to control it but to be swept away by it. If you're swept away by it… — Bobby Hutcherson
Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait for you. — Sun Ra
Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible. — Cesare Pavese
To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success. — Joseph de Maistre
Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait -- not in listless idleness but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, always willing and fulfilling… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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