Impatient Quotes

“There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin."

--Charlie Gordan”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

“What you're missing is that the path itself changes you.”
― Julien Smith, The Flinch

“There are so many impatient people in the world. It seems everyone wants something right this second. We don't want to wait in lines, we get fidgety when our food takes too long to cook, and we have no tolerance whatsoever for anyone who holds us up from doing anything we want to do the moment we want to do it. I'm bothered right now that I'm having to wait till the end of this sentence to see what word I end up on. On, who knew? It's particularly hard to wait for things that are days or weeks or even months away. Calendars mock you, clocks pester you, and the rotation of the earth seems to slow by at least forty percent. I suppose, however, that if you were preparing to take over the world and you needed one final piece to fall into place, but that piece had to be slowly dragged over the dirt so it didn't die, that would be really hard to wait for. I'd feel sorry for whoever that happened to, but then again they were trying to take over the world and all.
So please, no sympathy for Azure.”
― Obert Skye, Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra

“LOVE is made up of a strong affection and patience whiles LUST is made up of a strong affection and impatience. Affection is common to them, but patience is not common.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“It takes patience to nurture patience.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Not complaining is sometimes a show off of tolerance or patience.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms

“Instant gratification is overrated. While it might seem exciting to be able to snap your fingers and have something you want materialize before your eyes, that won't give you the full appreciation or enjoyment that comes from envisioning your dream and making it happen with everything you've got. If there is something you want very much, and you are feeling pretty impatient about getting it, you should resolve to enjoy the process and not look forward only to the goal; you'll get much more out of it this way.”
― Nitya Prakash

“No hasty man attains excellence,
No impatient man is leaned upon.”
― Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms

“Even the most prolific writer writes only one word at a time.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Finishing off someone’s sentence is annoying, even if you have guessed correctly. Add to that rude, if they stutter.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Some people are a degree of impatience away from wishing a year were only a few weeks long.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Don't be impatient in love and become a patient of hate”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Being patient with a fool requires one not to be one.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“And Dorothy was of an unusually independent mind, impatient with the pretensions that sometimes accompanied the upwardly mobile members of the race.”
― Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures

“Impatience is based on the assumption that ‘later’ is what’s left over after you squander the ‘now.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Time is not running out. Ideas are not running out. You are just running out of patience.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Impatience is even more unfortunate in the talented.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“One of the best ways to start being impatient is to stop meditating.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If the only thing that I can focus on is the conclusion of a matter, there’s a good chance that I haven’t devised a way to bring a conclusion to the matter.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The rock’s victory against the river is temporary.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Sometimes a journey forced is a journey wrecked.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough, The Eighth Page: A Christmas Journey

“A great idea (or strategy) is often made to seem to be a bad idea (or strategy) by bad execution … or impatience.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“One must not be impatient to find out what the future looks like otherwise it is scary.”
― Santosh Kumar

“Be patient in an impatient world.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“The believers are calling with the impatience of Satan for the patience of God.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“Four fucking days,' Cassian hissed from where he and Azriel monitored the castle. 'We've been sitting on our asses for four fucking days.'

Azriel sharpened Truth-Teller. The black blade absorbed the dim sunlight trickling through the forest canopy above. 'It seems you've forgotten how much of spying is waiting for the right moment. People don't engage in their evil deeds when it's convenient to you.'

Cassian rolled his eyes. 'I stopped spying because it bored me to death. I don't know how you put up with this all the time.'

'It suits me,' Azriel didn't halt his sharpening, though shadows gathered around his feet.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“Days passed slowly and the hours took even longer.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“A realtor told me there was a guy that would not work with people if they did not make an offer after the first day of showing homes.”
― Steven Magee

“Telling a stutterer to speak up is like telling the lame to get up.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Stamerenophobia

“Some people die too quick, and too young because they couldn't wait.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Stamerenophobia