Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

People are content to wait a long time for salvation, but prefer dinner to turn up inside an hour.

I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains.

I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.

Waiting makes me restless. When I'm ready, I'm ready.

I'm very impatient.

What's the use of watching? A watched pot never boils.

I am an incredibly impatient person.

Don't get impatient when it takes too long.

I'd be smiling if I wasn't so desperate. I'd be patient if I had the time.

I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation.

Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing.

Waiting is one of life’s hardships.

Waiting is far more difficult than doing.

I am very impatient.

I am not patient.

When someone is impatient and says, 'I haven't got all day,' I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?

I'm an impatient person, so it's hard for me to sit around and do take after take after take.

I tell people all the time, the status quo is so untenable to me. Like, literally, I have no patience for it.

I can't wait to get out of the house. I can't wait to get out of here. I've been telling myself this all week. The 'getting out of here' part is unspecified, though. Maybe I simply want to get away from life

I hate having to wait. I've got the thing done. I just want to see what happens.

A sure way to irritate people and to put evil thoughts into their heads is to keep them waiting a long time. This makes them immoral.

Wait and wait. Most people's lives are spent waiting.

I don't know if there's a lot of patience anymore. I think that could serve a lot of people.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.