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

You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions.
Gary Ryan Blair

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.
Leonard Cohen

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.
Robert Benchley

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The Indian race are waiting and praying.
Chief Joseph

Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
Golda Meir

Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
Edward de Bono

James Caan told me at the end of filming 'Elf' that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was.
Will Ferrell

Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.
Jack Kevorkian

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.
Tyra Banks

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
Fran Lebowitz

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.
Elizabeth Taylor

Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout.
Morihei Ueshiba

Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
Karl Rahner

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

When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.
George Harrison

Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
Wanda Sykes

Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.
Marilyn vos Savant

If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring.
Kevin Bacon