Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

We must not run after it, but we must fit ourselves for the vision and then wait tranquilly for it, as the eye waits on the rising of the Sun which in its own time appears above the horizon and gives itself to our sight.

For he who can wait, everything comes in time.

If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.

You don't get everything all at once. You wait.

Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For lo! my own shall come to me.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

Instant gratification takes too long.

There's nothing wrong with things taking time.

The long run may be too long.

Life is always rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.

You have to sit by the side of a river a very long time before a roast duck will fly into your mouth.

All good things to those who wait.

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

I've always been slow but I'm even slower now. I'm more into the waiting, or I guess I'm more patient about the waiting.

I can wait for you longer. Because you have arrived.

Above all, what I learned from my Sensei was how to wait. I believe I learned the meaning of waiting on one foot. If I understand anything in this life, it is how to wait. It is not an answer. But for me it is everything.

Waiting is one of the great arts.

When you see the setting, wait for the rising. Why worry about a sunset or a fading moon?

Not everything has to be immediate.

The key is to wait. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to do nothing.

There is magic in patience, you know.

Tell me, he said, "What is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must wait, we must wait. what are they waiting for?" "Well […] I guess people wait in order to make sure of what they feel." "And when you have waited—-has it made you sure?

Everything comes to him who waits -- if he waits till it comes.

When the peacock has presented his back, the spectator will usually begin to walk around him to get a front view; but the peacock will continue to turn so that no front view is possible. The thing to do then is to stand still and wait until it pleases him to turn. When it suits him, the peacock will face you. Then you will see in a green-bronze arch around him a galaxy of gazing, haloed suns.