Sitting Around Waiting Quotes

• Just sitting around waiting for my life to begin, while it was all just slipping away.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Philosophy, Waiting, Sitting

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• The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Funny, Patience

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• Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

  Zoe Kazan

  Waiting, Sitting, Sitting And Waiting

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• Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Waiting

  Paulo Coelho (2011). “Veronika Decides to Die”, p.8, HarperCollins UK

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  We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

  E. M. Forster

  Break Up, Letting Go, Breakup

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• If you're sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Moving, Responsibility, Waiting

  "‘Be Responsible for Your Own Life,’ Says Oprah". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 31, 2012.

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• Sitting around and waiting for your muse is not the best choice.

  Kristin Hannah

  Choices, Waiting, Sitting

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• Every idea occurs while you are working. If you are sitting around waiting for inspiration, you could sit there forever.

  Chuck Close

  Photography, Inspiration, Ideas

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• I have been sitting around waiting for an opportunity to get to do something that matters for so long. Not just that matters in the world, which I think that season, in particular, had a very important meaning for a lot of people, but for me, as an actress.

  Sarah Paulson

  Opportunity, Thinking, Long

  Source: collider.com

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• You may be sitting around waiting for God to change your circumstances. Then you’re going to be happy, then your’re going to have a good attitude, then you’re going to give God praise. But God is waiting on you to get up on the inside. When you do your part, He’ll begin to change things and work supernaturally in your life.

  Joel Osteen

  Attitude, Giving, Waiting

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• I believe in love, but I'm not sitting around waiting for it. I buy houses. I travel. I take jobs on mountaintops in Transylvania... I know that happiness comes in many ways and if you spend your life hoping to be found by or to find a significant other, you're going to miss out on all that stuff. And that's what makes you special and makes your life rich.

  Renee Zellweger

  Jobs, Believe, Waiting

  "Down With Renée". Cosmopolitan Interview, www.cosmopolitan.com. April 16, 2003.

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• I'm not good at just sitting around waiting for the phone to ring, hoping that the perfect role is going to turn up.

  Ed Speleers

  Phones, Perfect, Waiting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When you think about the passion that's involved wth Jamaican culture, it's like, they're not sitting around waiting for things to get all pretty: they want it raw and dutty.

  Kreesha Turner

  Passion, Thinking, Waiting

  Source: www.thefader.com

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• Singularity theory is something that I do believe will come to pass, sooner or later, although whether or not in our lifetime I don't know, and I'm not sitting around waiting for my father to be resurrected. Readers probably have the impression from the book that I'm a lot more a of a techno kook than I actually am. It became a convenient fulcrum in the story, sort of a kaleidoscope through which to address religious and spiritual questions.

  Ron Currie Jr.

  Spiritual, Religious, Father

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I have to create opportunities for myself. But the thing I really have learned is that you gain nothing from sitting around waiting for the phone to ring - you have to do it for yourself.

  Laura Benanti

  Opportunity, Phones, Waiting

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• There is an advantage in having a routine and working with the same people when you can and in writing as a regular thing and filming as a regular thing. That routine pays off for you. You get a lot of productivity that way, rather than sitting around waiting for inspiration and waiting for the perfect thing to happen. I would be much less productive that way.

  Woody Allen

  Inspiration, Writing, People

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• One of the biggest mistakes girls can make concerning their romantic life is sitting around waiting for their prince to find them, rather than getting out there and finding him themselves.

  Meg Cabot

  Girl, Mistake, Waiting

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• A lot of people are sitting around waiting for God to tell them what to do. I think God is saying 'Do what you want!' If he wants me to express His love, I need to find a way to do it.

  Rich Mullins

  Thinking, People, Waiting

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