“If your officer's dead and the sergeants look white,
Remember it's ruin to run from a fight:
So take open order, lie down, and sit tight,
And wait for supports like a soldier.
Wait, wait, wait like a soldier…”
Young British Soldier, Stanza 12.
Barrack-Room Ballads (1892, 1896)
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English short-story writer, poet, and novelist 1865–1936Related quotes
“lay down. lay down like an animal and wait.”
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach — waiting for a gift from the sea.”
Gift from the Sea (1955)
Context: The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach — waiting for a gift from the sea.
“Over the sea and far away
She's waiting like an iceberg
Waiting to change…”
"Other Side of the World".
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
“Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
“We will wait for him like a good wife waiting for her husband who is in jail.”
Klopp on another injury of Mats Hummels
“There is no good reason. Don't waste your life waiting for good reasons… You'll wait and wait.”
Source: Evening
