“The waiting is the hardest part.
Every day you see one more card.
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart.
The waiting is the hardest part.”
The Waiting
Lyrics, Hard Promises (1981)
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“Don't hover outside life—take part in it. There are people waiting to love you.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 13
Context: Look around you: see the people as they touch and show their love. But don't watch coldly, like an observer. Don't hover outside life— take part in it. There are people waiting to love you. It is not something you should turn down lightly.

“When you’re dreaming with a broken heart,
The waking up is the hardest part.”
Dreaming with a Broken Heart
Song lyrics, Continuum (2006)

“But the waiting time, my brothers,
Is the hardest time of all.”
Psalms of Life: The Hardest Time of All.

“One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq with the war on terror.”
September 7, 2006 interview with Katie Couric http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhR04RkBFhs YouTube
2000s, 2006

“Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.”
Variant translations: I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.
Do not await the last Judgement. It takes place everyday.
You needn't await the Final Judgment. It takes place every day.
The Fall (1956)