Quotes about Waiting

The phrase "timing is everything" is never more true than in your walk with God—HIS timing is everything.

A lack of endurance is one of the greatest causes of defeat, especially in prayer. We don't wait well. We're into microwaving; God, on the other hand, is usually into marinating.

In exactly three minutes Mr. Peter Ascham, of the eminent legal firm of Ascham and Pettilow, would have his punctual hand on the door-bell of the flat.

Whenever I don't have anything to do, I play Candy Crush or Scrabble. We actors have time between shots, which we need to kill. And we cannot call friends or family, as you are called at a moment's notice. So you need to do something which you can dispose of immediately when called for a shot.

Thou art standing all this while at the door of eternity, and death is waiting to open the door, and put thee in(247).

Whenever it seems that God is not doing anything fresh in your life, focus on the love relationship and stay there until God gives you a new assignment.

Contemplation is waiting patiently for the gaps to be filled in, and it does not insist on quick closure or easy answers. It never rushes to judgment, and in fact avoids making quick judgments because judgments have more to do with egoic, personal control than with a loving search for truth.

Be still and wait without hope, for hope would be hope for the wrong thing. —T.S. ELIOT, "East Coker" from the Four Quartets

God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time.

God wants us to have faith that does not complain while waiting, but rejoices because we know our times are in His hands ... hands that labour for our highest good.

Prayer allows us to wait without worry.

God answers prayer in three ways: yes, no, and wait awhile.