Waits Quotes
372 quotes by 321 authors
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Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
— Aeschylus
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Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited…
— Brandon Boyd
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The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and…
— James Allen
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Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
— Martin Luther
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
— Sun Tzu
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O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more.…
— John L. Bates
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Last comes the beverage of the Orient shore, Mocha, far off, the fragrant berries bore. Taste the dark fluid with a dainty lip, Digestion waits…
— Pope Leo XII
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Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. He…
— Sun Tzu
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The general must be the first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not spread his parasol…
— Sun Tzu
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Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace, uncalled for, natural…
— Cesare Pavese
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It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another…
— John O'Donohue
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I don't count on the boy who waits till October, when it's cool and fun, then decides he wants to play.
— Darrell Royal
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If you want to succeed in the world must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave…
— John Bartholomew Gough
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Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.
— Nelson Mandela
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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
— Pindar
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Too often man handles life as he does the bad weather. He whiles away the time as he waits for it to stop.
— Alfred Polgar
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Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power.…
— Samuel Johnson
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While God waits for His temple to be built of love, men bring stones.
— Rabindranath Tagore
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Love is trusting, accepting, and believing, without guarantee. Love is patient and waits, but it's an active waiting, not a passive one. For it is…
— Leo Buscaglia
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Go where glory waits thee! But while fame elates thee, Oh, still remember me!
— Charles Lamb
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