#wait

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#been #cannot #centuries #done #enough

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#first #got #left #may #things

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#enemy #lies #prudent #victorious #wait

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#defeat #defeating #enemy #fighters #first

I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#being #connection #constant #continuity #countries

Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst. ↗

— Alvar N. C. de Vaca

#agreed #certain #death #did #god

I was taught to think the next week or month or year will only get better than it is today. So I just keep waiting to see how great it will get! ↗

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

#get #great #how #i #just

Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school. ↗

— Elizabeth Warren

#elementary school #graduated #i #married #me

We expected that people were just waiting for the collapse of the Soviet Union, or at least for its retreat, and they were going to be full of initiative in all areas of life - in culture, in economy and in politics. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#collapse #culture #economy #expected #full

I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft. ↗

— Sam Waterston

#becoming #cab #cab driver #did #driver