Warren Buffett Quotes

If I am right about the big picture, I will be rewarded for my patience.

Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and wait without anxiety.

Life is long. Just because you don't get your chance right when you want or expect it doesn't mean it won't come. Fate doesn't punch a time clock or consult a schedule.

If something takes too long, something happens to you. You become all and only the thing you want and nothing else, for you have paid too much for it, too much in wanting and too much in waiting and too much in getting.

The truth can wait, for it lives a long life.

To Thetis, Long overdue, I know, but every often the things we most desire come only after much patience and struggle. That is a human truth, I think. Even Peleus knew that. -Seth

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

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.

Don't get impatient when it takes too long.

If you are patient...and wait long enough...Nothing will happen

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

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

Time is on my side, yes it is.

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?

Sometimes great stuff comes quickly and sometimes it doesn't and you've got to dig in for the long haul, don't loose heart, and wait for something to come along. Which is something you learn the more you do it, that if it isn't coming straight away just hang in there and something will come.

Who waite for dead men shall goe long barefoote.

Patience expands your options. If you insist on immediate gratification, your choices are severely limited.

One time, when I was very little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if I'd just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn't have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples.

You know, when you're right, that's all you get to be.

I've never counted my chickens before they've hatched.

Deciding to commit yourself to long term results rather than short term fixes is as important as any decision you'll make in your lifetime.

Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food.

Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.

When you are waiting for a train, don't keep perpetually looking to see if it is coming. The time of its arrival is the business of the conductor, not yours. It will not come any sooner for all your nervous glances and your impatient pacing, and you will save strength if you will keep quiet. After we discover that the people who sit still on a long railroad journey reach that journey's end at precisely the same time as those who "fuss" continually, we have a valuable piece of information which we should not fail to put to practical use.