Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
Jules Renard

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Jack London

For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions.
Margaret J. Wheatley

They also serve who only stand and wait.
John Milton

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
William S. Burroughs

The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who were there first.
Steven Tyler

And the things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.
Steven Tyler

Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.
Peter Marshall

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.
Samuel Butler

Two messengers covered with dust come to bid me fly, but I wait for him.
Dolley Madison

I couldn't wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
Ben Hogan

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
Henry Van Dyke

This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Omar N. Bradley

All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.
Alexandre Dumas

I don't have to wait to realize the good old days.
Ziggy Marley

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
Pearl S. Buck

Never wait for trouble.
Chuck Yeager

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
Orison Swett Marden

Prior to Saving Private Ryan I never worked with men. I was always working with some babe, and it was always about falling in love, and it just got turned around. I'm not looking for any particular kind of story. I wait until it comes across my desk.
Tom Hanks

If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.
Laura Bush