David Jeremiah Quotes

Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.

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.

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

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.

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.

On one hand, it seems like I've waited a long time for this.

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

The waiting is the hardest part.

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

It's okay if it takes two or three years for something really good to come along, but I don't want to wait ten years for something great to come along.

Some things in life are worth waiting for.

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

There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire

Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.

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

I hope it won't take long.

Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing.

Wait for it, wait for it! Anticipation is half the fun, So I've been told...

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.

Some people do wait their whole lives for something, and it's only when that thing arrives that they find out that they've been waiting rather than living.

A hush is over everything, Silent as women wait for love; The world is waiting for the spring.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.

What more can we require? Nothing but time.