“Those who are ahead of their time often have to wait for it in uncomfortable quarters.”

—  Stanisław Jerzy Lec

As quoted in Power for the World (2010) by Wolfgang Palz, Foreword, p. xxi

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update July 13, 2023. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Those who are ahead of their time often have to wait for it in uncomfortable quarters." by Stanisław Jerzy Lec?
Stanisław Jerzy Lec photo
Stanisław Jerzy Lec 28
Polish writer 1909–1966

Related quotes

Henry Van Dyke photo

“Time Is…
Too slow for those who wait,
Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who grieve,
Too short for those who rejoice,
But for those who love,
Time is Eternity.”

Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933) American diplomat

Time Is
Undated
Source: Time Is...
Too slow for those who wait,
Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who grieve,
Too short for those who rejoice,
But for those who love,
Time is Eternity. (Music and Other Poems, 1904)

“Those who look for death have to wait patiently till death finds those who look.”

Edmund Cooper book Five to Twelve

Five to Twelve (1968)

Swami Vivekananda photo

“Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

Pearls of Wisdom

A. Lee Martinez photo

“Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters.”

A. Lee Martinez (1973) Author
Patañjali photo

“For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits
near them, waiting.”

Patañjali (-200–-150 BC) ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises

Source: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

“The whole summer lay ahead of us-time to rest, time to wait. And when the future comes-no matter what comes with it-I'll be smarter. I'll be stronger. I'll be ready.”

Ally Carter Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

Source: Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

Libba Bray photo

“To those who will see, the world waits.”

Libba Bray (1964) American teen writer

“As far as the physical miseries go, I am sure I will cope. I lived at Eton in the 1950s and I know all about life in uncomfortable quarters.”

Jonathan Aitken (1942) Conservative Member of Parliament, former British government Cabinet minister

On how he might cope with prison, as quoted in Daily Express (19 January 1999).

Bel Kaufmanová photo

“In Memory of Those Who Died Waiting for the Bell”

Bel Kaufmanová book Up the Down Staircase

Part III, ch. 15 (caption of a drawing)
Up the Down Staircase (1965)

Related topics