Waits Quotes

372 Waits quotes by 301 unique authors

But compassion is a deeper thing that waits beyond the tension of choosing sides. Compassion, in practice, does not require us to give up the… — Mark Nepo
The pessimist waits for better times, and expects to keep on waiting; the optimist goes to work with the best that is at hand now,… — Christian D. Larson
No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. There is always work, and tools to work with, for those… — James Russell Lowell
I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not, for… — Samuel Pepys
To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen… — Coventry Patmore
Jake La Botz is a creator of dark poetry and haunting song, the kind of music that gets in your bones and rides you for… — Jerry Stahl
A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. It is as if… — Georges Clemenceau
In this respect early youth is exactly like old age; it is a time of waiting for a big trip to an unknown destination. The… — Bruce Catton
I don't want to grow up,' Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as long… — Jason Newsted
She waits for me, my lady Earth, Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, Then take her by surprise. — Mary Mapes Dodge
A man who does not ask to much become the promise of his land. His marriage married to his place, he waits and does not… — Wendell Berry
Conditions are seldom ideal, and if one waits long enough for ideal conditions one is just making excuses. — Bernd Heinrich
The help of God does not come to us when we are indifferent. It comes to the man who is depending on God in the… — Alan Redpath
The hour of death waits for no order. Death does not even come from the front. It is ever pressing on from behind. All men… — Yoshida Kenko
Time waits for no man. — Choi Hong Hi
A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing is lacking, Yet all were lacking if sex were lacking, or if the moisture of the… — Walt Whitman
He loves, He hopes, He waits. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting an instant. — Unknown Author
Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book. — Kin Hubbard
Make your will one! Don't listen with your ears, listen with your mind. No, don't listen with your mind, but listen with your spirit. Listening… — Zhuangzi
God often waits until we're out of ideas before He lets us know His plans. He competes for our hearts, not our attention. — Bob Goff
Life makes concessions for no one; it's up to each of us to learn from our experiences; laugh; cry; scream; shout; do whatever it takes… — Unknown Author
I see on a immense scale, and as clearly as in a demonstration in a laboratory, that good comes out of evil; that the impartiality… — John Burroughs
Who longest waits most surely wins. — Helen Hunt Jackson
How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height… — Confucius
One forms provisional theories and waits for time or fuller knowledge to explode them. A bad habit, Mr. Ferguson, but human nature is weak. Sherlock… — Arthur Conan Doyle

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