Waiting For Something Quotes

• Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Waiting

  Paulo Coelho (2011). “Veronika Decides to Die”, p.8, HarperCollins UK

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• Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

  Carl Sagan

  Positive, Hope, Educational

  Nobel Award Ceremony Speech by Professor Olga Botner, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2017.

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• Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

  Joyce Meyer

  Patience, Attitude, Waiting

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• The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting

  Andy Warhol

  Ideas, Waiting, Anticipation

  Andy Warhol (2014). “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again”, p.128, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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  We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• We're waiting for something to change into something worth waiting for

  Michael Tolcher

  Break Up, Ex Boyfriend, Waiting

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• Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.

  John Ortberg

  Waiting, Want, Becoming

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• There are two ways of approaching your time on this planet: one is to sit around waiting for something to happen that will make sense of your existence, and the other is to get out there and find purpose for yourself.

  Mariella Frostrup

  Two, Waiting, Purpose

  "Will underachieving and being directionless alienate me from people?" by Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. November 24, 2012.

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• The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Funny, Patience

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• Sitting and waiting for something to happen was the worst kind of torture.

  Sara Zarr

  Waiting, Sitting, Kind

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• The cities, the roads, the countryside, the people I meet - they all begin to blur. I tell myself I am searching for something. But more and more, it feels like I am wandering, waiting for something to happen to me, something that will change everything, something that my whole life has been leading up to.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Cities, People, Waiting

  Khaled Hosseini (2013). “And the Mountains Echoed”, p.313, A&C Black

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• Perhaps I’m tired of waiting for something I may never find.

  Maya Banks

  Tired, Waiting, May

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• We are co-creators with God, not puppets on a string waiting for something to happen.

  Leo Booth

  Art, Waiting, Puppets

  Leo Booth (1991). “When God becomes a drug: breaking the chains of religious addiction & abuse”, J P Tarcher

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• I have spent my life waiting for something to happen,’ she said. ‘And I have come to understand that nothing will. Or it already has, and I blinked during that moment and it's gone. I don't know which is worse — to have missed it or to know there is nothing to miss.’ Falling Angels

  Tracy Chevalier

  Fall, Angel, Waiting

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• Perhaps there is no agony worse than the tedium I experienced waiting for Something to Happen.

  Lance Loud

  Agony, Waiting, Tedium

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• Keep busy while you are waiting for something to happen.

  Robert Genn

  Pregnancy, Waiting, Busy

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• When I am fighting I am keeping my mind empty for any expectations. I am waiting for something unique, completely new.

  Rickson Gracie

  Fighting, Unique, Expectations

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• Savor the little moments, son, that's my advice. They're what life is. All the little things that happen while you're waiting for something else.

  Joe Abercrombie

  Son, Waiting, Advice

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• You are waiting for something good to come; but you know, if the life is also waiting, then nothing will happen, nothing will come!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Waiting, Life Is, Happens

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• The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen

  A. A. Milne

  Men, Thinking, Average

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• It’s always this thing where we’re constantly waiting for something that will come in electronic music that says, ‘Daft Punk sucks!’ That’s actually much more interesting and exciting than someone who is paying homage.

  Thomas Bangalter

  Interesting, Waiting, Punk

  "Daft Punk Talk 'Random Access Memories,' EDM Scene in GQ" by Emily Zemler, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 07, 2013.

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• The enemy wants to steal our peace and keep us stirred up, anxious, fearful, upset, and always in a stance of waiting for something terrible to happen at any minute.

  Stormie Omartian

  Waiting, Upset, Enemy

  Stormie Omartian (2013). “Prayer Warrior”, p.100, Harvest House Publishers

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• We already live in the futureit's not like we're waiting for something to happenit's just a matter of doing it.

  Bre Pettis

  Waiting, Matter

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• Currently, it was leading him through a neighborhood that was on the downside of whatever curve you hoped you'd bought your property on the upside of. Graffiti and garbage were everywhere here. They were everywhere in the city, if it came to that, but elsewhere the garbage was better quality, and the graffiti was close to being correctly spelled. The whole area was waiting for something to happen, like a really bad fire.

  Terry Pratchett

  Fire, Curves, Cities

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• Right now, and in every now-moment, you are either closing or opening. You are either stressfully waiting for something - more money, security, affection - or you are living from your deep heart, opening as the entire moment, and giving what you most deeply desire to give, without waiting.

  David Deida

  Spiritual, Money, Stress

  David Deida (2009). “Blue Truth: A Spiritual Guide to Life and Death and Love and Sex”, p.7, ReadHowYouWant.com

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