160 Waiting For Love Quotes

True love never runs out; it remains unchanged and sustains the greatest hardships. You stay as long as it takes because something about love pushes you to do the unthinkable. But the journey can be hard, especially when you have to wait for love to choose you back. So, here are some waiting-for-love quotes that capture the emotion of waiting in love and longing for that special heart. The longing, the minutiae of nostalgia, and the raw imperfection of love make it all worth it. So, scroll down and keep reading!

160 Waiting For Love Quotes

Keep holding on and have faith while waiting for love to arrive. Anticipation can be a beautiful thing. When love finally comes, make sure to cherish it with passion, affection and tenderness. Nurture your relationship with romance, loyalty, intimacy, and connection.

Always strive for understanding, empathy, kindness, and gratitude towards each other and let them guide you on your journey together. Here are some romantic love quotes that may help you:

1. “In love, all kinds of love, we wait. If I can’t be your dawn, I will be your sunset!” – Rossana Condoleo
2. “Love is the sweetest fruit at the end of the beautiful journey called waiting.” – Unknown
3. “In the silence of waiting, love finds its perfect moment to shine.”– Unknown
4. “Our willingness to wait reveals the value we place on what we’re waiting for.” – Charles Stanley
5. “Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. ” – Erica Jong
6. “Real love trusts, mature love understands, and true love waits.” – Analiza Garcia

7. “Your face faded from the wall of my memories as I waited, but the smell of your memories lingered like that of fresh paint.” – Unknown
8. “The most inefficient and self-harming thing a person can do is go out looking for love. Let it find you when the time is right and you’re out doing what you love to do. Only then will you find it in its truest form. ” – A.J. Darkholme
9. “To long for you has been my biggest bliss. ” – Unknown
10. “I will wait for you because honestly I don’t want anyone else. ” – Unknown
11. “You don’t find love, it finds you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, and what’s written in the stars.” – Anais Nin
12. “Don’t fall in love with someone who says the right things. Fall in love with someone who does the right things.” – Robert Tew
13. “One day, someone will walk into your life and make you see why it never worked out with anyone else.” – Unknown
14. “Love isn’t finding someone to live with. It’s finding someone you can’t live without.” – Unknown
15. “I wasn’t expecting you. I didn’t think that we would end up together. The single most extraordinary thing I’ve ever done with my life is fall in love with you. I’ve never been seen so completely, loved so passionately and protected so fiercely.” – Beth Pearson
16. “Love is not about how long I can wait for someone, but about how well I understand why I am waiting.” – Unknown
17. “Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will.” – Elaine Davis
18. “Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.” – Rudyard Kipling
19. “How many more days will you wait for that clink – that you’ll cross her mind and she’ll finally see?” – Karl Kristian Flores
20. “‘For a while’ is a phrase whose length can’t be measured. At least by the person who’s waiting.” – Haruki Murakami
21. “The right person will come, once you have suffered enough to deserve her.” – Juvenal Lopez
22. “Maybe we’ll meet again, when we are slightly older and our minds are less hectic, and I’ll be right for you and you’ll be right for me.” – Gabrielle Zevin
23. “I am waiting and hoping and wishing for the time when we can be together.” – Unknown
24. “Love isn’t supposed to be a fleeting moment. It is an everlasting sensation and experience you patiently wait for.” – Unknown
25. “To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting; take a chance on someone, and by the art of commitment become soulmates, which takes a lifetime to perfect.” – Chris Jami
26. “I might have to wait, I’ll never give up.” – Michael Bubble
27. “Heartbreaks and hardships are perhaps the few hurdles you cross to meet your love in the middle of the ground of this love maze.” – Unknown
28. “Who am I but a person that is far too small to understand the concept of love, so I wait.” – Unknown
29. “Waiting for love isn’t a cake walk, but the reward is as satisfying as a delicious cake.” – Unknown
30. “Maybe the right thing to do is sit tight and wait for love to come my way finally.” – Unknown
31. “You wait for love simply because you believe in it; you think it exists and is trustworthy.” – Unknown
32. “You will know if a person truly loves you if he is willing to wait for you no matter how long.” – Unknown
33. “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” – A. A. Milne
34. “Waiting for love is not easy; you need to have the right amount of willpower to do so.” – Unknown
35. “I wish I had known that the sun would never shine without you, then I would have waited then.” – Unknown
36. “Longing for love is the most beautiful yet extremely difficult experience. You see the hope fade away in the fog of patience every day, but still choose to hold on to that single ray of light that shines through.” – Unknown
37. “If you wait for the right time, for the perfect love, you will get there when you need it most.” – Unknown
38. “Even if you are a man, you still need to wait for the right love to pursue with all of you truly.” – Unknown

39. “One day, you will realize that waiting for love is the best decision you have ever made.” – Unknown
40. “Waiting for love is not the only way you can show love, but it is by far the best one there is.” – Unknown
41. “Tell me you care about me, and I will tell you how long I am willing to wait for you.” – Unknown
42. “If you chase love, you won’t catch it. If you rush into it, it won’t last.” – Unknown
43. “Because love is life and life is love. There’s no life without love and there’s no love without life, and waiting is the bridge between the two.” – Unknown
44. “If I am really a part of your dream, you’ll come back one day.” – Paulo Coelho
45. “My longing to find love did not make me lose my sense of reason or perspective.” – Bell Hooks
46. “Waiting for your love is like sunshine at night.” – Unknown
47. “Patience is the key to finding true love.” – Unknown
48. “I had waited all these years for the right time to say the three magical words; maybe the waiting results in a positive response.” – Unknown
49. “The actual test for being a loving person is knowing how to wait for the right moment to say so.” – Unknown
50. “When the right time arrives, you will find the perfect person, a soulmate to commit forever love.” – Unknown
51. “If you choose to wait for the right time, true love will surely meet you and fill your life with happiness.” – Unknown
52. “I have been marking every day on the calendar to keep a check for how long I can wait for your return. Do you wish to see the calendar I am marking.” – Unknown
53. “True love waits; it encompasses everything else; it makes people happy and sad all the same.” – Unknown
54. “Had he told me to wait for him, I would have; maybe he would have come back to me now.” – Unknown
55. “Never rush into a relationship. True love is bound to reveal itself sooner or later.” – Jayden Hayes
56. “I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.” – Paulo Coelho
57. “Never rush in love for it never runs out. Let love be the one to knock on your door so that by the time you start to feel, you’ll know it’s real.” – Unknown
58. “Waiting is the rust of the soul.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
59. “Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.” – Paulo Coelho
60. “Waiting is a sign of true love and patience. Anyone can say I love you, but not everyone can wait and prove it’s true.” – Unknown
61. ” The course of true love never did run smooth and includes a lot of waiting too.” – William Shakespeare
62. “Love is not about how long I can wait for someone, but about how well I understand why I am waiting.” – Unknown
63. “If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.” – Oscar Wilde

64. “I have died everyday waiting for you. Darling, don’t be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years. I’ll love you a thousand more.” – Christina Perri
65. “I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever.” – Robert Browning
66. “It is in the waiting that we become who we are meant to be.” – Mandy Hale
67. “I will wait for you as long as it takes. I will love you every moment across time.” – Lauren Kate
68. “Don’t rush into love. You’ll find the person meant for you when you least expect it.” – Franzie Gubatina
69. “Yearning for love is like yearning for food. Something to make the body feel real good, for love is like food, which we all really need. So yearning for it is wonderful indeed.” – Hubert Winston Anderson
70. “Love is when you hold me. Love is when you wait for me. Love is the pulse, towards you, which pulls me.” – Unknown
71. “The stars know everything so we try to read their minds. As distant as they are, we choose to whisper in their presence.” – Charles Simic
72. “I’m not all that smart. It takes me a while to understand things. But if I do have the time, I will come to understand you- better than anyone else in the world.” – Haruki Murakami
73. “In nostalgia there’s no difference between a day, a year, a decade, or a lifetime because the amount of longing is beyond the idea of time.” – Khalil Gibran
74. “I would have waited for you beyond this lifetime and many if you just held my hand and gave me a single word, any. I would have stayed.” – Unknown
75. “I miss you deeply, unfathomably, senselessly, terribly.” – Franz Kafka

76. “I only miss you when I’m breathing.” – Jason Derulo
77. “I don’t know what they are called, the spaces between seconds, but I think of you always in those intervals.” – Salvador Plascencia
78. “We are free to love who we want, be who we want, and say what we want.” – Agnes Bonas
79. “Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all.” – Luanne Rice
80. “I have enough patience to wait for the fulfillment of my wishes.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
81. “If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.” – Princess Diana
82. “Trust the almighty. He’ll open up the right door at the right time” – Sophieya
83. “Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.” – John Keats
84. “There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.” – J. G. Holland
85. “How much of human life is lost in waiting.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
86. “We all have many great loves but to find a soul mate is the ultimate conquest.” – Marni S. Feldman
87. “Good things come to those who wait, better things come to those who try.” – Nishan Panwar
88. “Some wishes are only there to teach us how to wait.” – Mandy Hale
89. “All things come to he who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for.” – Woodrow Wilson
90. “If we’re waiting for the most convenient time to say I love you, we may never find one.” – Terry Mark
91. Delay is a bitter tonic, but it increases appetite. – Austin O’Malley
92. “You have to give it a love shot somehow.” – Abdul’Rauf Hashmi
93. “Time is the best teacher; patience is the best lesson.” – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

94. “Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” – Joyce Meyer
95. “If you can’t ignore imperfections, then your imaginary ideal soulmate will always remain pending till you grow old and die.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
96. “I spent my early 20’s, searching for love without knowing what I was actually in search of” – R.H. Sin
97. “Love me or step aside so another person can.” – Agnes Bonas
98. “There are people out there who are waiting to meet you. Waiting to love you. You have to stick around for them.” – Benedict Smith
99. “Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don’t count.” – Dr. Robert Anthony Kreucher
100. “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
101. “When one pine and yearned for love, then it’s good to pray to our lord above. Both God and love are needed that one may be bound, as we try to make the mind very sound.” – Hubert Winston Anderson
102. “Love yourself first, then you can love everybody else.” – Agnes Bonas
103. “Your love made it all worth waiting for someone like you.” – Dean Martin
104. “Women often feel we are in a constant state of yearning, wanting to love but not receiving it.” – Bell Hooks
105. “We don’t need anything but ourselves yet we want more when we find the right one.” – Marni S. Feldman
106. “Sometimes, the moments spent in waiting for something are even more important than the moment something actually happens.” – Mandy Hale
107. “In a world filled with women, I hope you find someone who isn’t afraid to commit to a relationship with just you.” – R.H. Sin
108. “She wasn’t looking for a man that nobly beat his chest and proclaimed, ‘I would die for you!’, in fact, she wasn’t looking for anyone. She was content in waiting for a man that said, ‘l will live for you’, then proved it. One is a once in a lifetime event. The other is a lifetime event” – Lee Goff
109. “I don’t stretch my hand out anymore, but I never get tired of waiting for the next magic.” – Marlon Brando
110. “I don’t want to throw him anything. Maybe he’ll just get tired of waiting and leave.” – Lefty Gomez
111. “No one ever gets tired of loving. But everyone gets tired of waiting, assuming, hearing lies, and hurting.” – Megan Fox
112. “Luck is what happens to you when fate gets tired of waiting.” – Gregory David Roberts
113. “Just because I’m alone doesn’t mean I’m lonely.” – Marni S. Feldman

114. “I’m tired of waiting for you everyday that you’ll love me too.” – Rupa Nallari
115. “You know I’m getting a little tired of waiting for you to catch on.” – Veronica Roth
116. “She’ll be impatient because she’s tired of waiting. She’ll seem selfish because she’s tired of not being chosen but there’s love in her heart. You’ll just need to work for it because she’s worth it.” – R.H. Sin
117. “You can’t force someone to care, you can only sit and wait till everything catches up to them and when it finally does maybe then they’ll realize what they lost.” ― Nishan Panwar
118. “Whatever we are waiting for — peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance — it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach
119. “And if I can’t be yours now, I’ll wait here on this ground till you come, till you take me away. Maybe someday.” – Colleen Hoover
120. “The beauty of the unexpected lies within the surprise of the momentum, not only at its tipping point, but also within all the moments waiting.” – Akilnathan Logeswaran
121. “Stop waiting for the right person to come into your life. Be the right person to come to someone’s life.” – Leo Babauta
122. “Sometimes you wait for the right time and you run out of time altogether.” – Regina Sirois
123. “Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can’t always understand them, but we have to trust in them. I know you want to question everything, but sometimes it pays to just have a little faith.” – Nutan Bajracharya
124. “Practice patience to get the results but don’t be much patient to take actions.” – Amit Kalantri
125. “Love is not an affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” – C. S. Lewis
126. “The love, kindnesses, and value we have given authentically to others will be our remaining treasures at the end of life.” – Steve Brunkhorst
127. “We must not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.” – Lysa TerKeurst
128. “Arguably one of the most difficult concepts in life for us to grasp is the art of waiting patiently.” ― Mandy Hale
129. “You attract the right things when you have a sense of who you are.” – Amy Poehler
130. “My heart is not closed; it is just not opened to everyone.” – Marni S. Feldman
131. “Grow old with me, the best is yet to come.” – Robert Browning

132. “Earth is full of heartache and strife, being able to share the journey with somebody you love helps to make it a little easier.” – Elijah Davidson
133. “ I could never really love because as it turns out I didn’t even know how to love myself.” – R.H. Sin
134. “And maybe, although it was a thing you could hardly bear to think about, like death or your last judgment, maybe he would be the last one ever and he would walk away now, and it would only be a question of waiting for it all to end and hoping for better things in the next world. But that was silly, it was never too late.” – Brian Moore
135. “Days may pass into months, months may pass into years, and years may pass into decades, but I will always keep waiting for you.” – Avijeet Das
136. The eyes tell a lot about what is going on in the mind, and they can convey love in a way that words cannot. – Alexis G. Roldan
137. “The stretching of your faith is immediate pain that results in ultimate gain.” – Mandy Hale
138. “Love is something we always yearned for. Whether we are here, there or afar. What else is there to make our lives so happy? With this kind of love, our lives would never be sloppy.” – Hubert Winston Anderson
139. “I’ve already found the right person. I’m just waiting for her to be ready.” – Jessica Clare
140. “I’m not that type of gal who sits at home all day waiting for a guy.” – Marni S. Feldman
141. “Yearn for true love the go try for it. While you are strong and feeling fit. And for sure we need God and love at all times. With God and love, our lives will always be fine.” – Hubert Winston Anderson
142. “Feeling things explainable but never substantial. An emotion that seemed to escape me whenever I thought my grip was tight enough to keep it.” – R.H. Sin
143. “We all have scars; it doesn’t mean we should give up on love.” – Agnes Bonas
144. “You can’t make someone love you by giving them more of what they already don’t appreciate.” – Annie C. White
145. “I won’t ever leave you, even though you’re always leaving me.” – Audrey Niffenegger

146. “Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power.” – Gregory Corso
147. “Waiting for someone else to make you happy is the best way to be sad.” – Jeffrey Benjamin
148. “If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” – Morris West
149. “Waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless and disappointing.” – Hilary Duff
150. “Waiting is the great vocation of the dispossessed.” – Mary Gordon
151. “It’s dark now and I am very tired. I love you, always. Time is nothing.” – Audrey Niffenegger
152. “You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.” – Rabindranath Tagore

Waiting for love can feel endless. However, remember that it is all about holding onto hope. Scroll down to read inspiring quotes that remind you that patience is a virtue and the right person is worth the wait.

Quotes Reflecting Hope

153. The waiting. The meantime. The in-between. It all serves a purpose. – Mandy Hale
154. Waiting for someone you love is never easy. Especially when the one you’re waiting for isn’t aware. – Unknown
155. Some things are worth waiting for. Some things are worth experiencing. – Cecelia Ahern
156. I am waiting for the day that somebody tells me I was worth the wait. – Unknown
157. All things come to him who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for. – Woodrow T. Wilson
158. Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand – Mother Teresa
159. To wait is to risk but to risk is to live. – Mandy Hale
160. Every heart sings a song, incomplete until another heart whispers back – Plato

Infographic: Top 10 ‘Waiting For Love’ Quotes By Famous Celebrities

True love is always worth waiting for since it can change your life forever. However, the wait for this magical moment is often filled with uncertainty and pining. It is during these doubt-filled moments that heart-touching quotes can keep you motivated. In the infographic below, we have listed some quotes from famous writers, philosophers, and celebrities who have gone through this period of longing. Check them out.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How can we use waiting-for-love quotes to inspire and motivate ourselves?

These deep love quotes can help us to focus on ourselves. They center around loving yourself and practicing self-care. When the time is right, your partner will enter your life. Make the longest relationship of your life the one with yourself, and appreciate the opportunity to learn more about yourself and improve your skills.

What message does waiting for love quotes convey?

Searching for love may take a while, but quotes on waiting for it are reassuring. They provide hope that there is someone out there for everyone searching for love.

How can waiting for love enhance personal growth?

Waiting for love gives you time to work on yourself and understand what you truly want and need. You can utilize this time for personal development and self-reflection. This may help you recognize your worth, make you appreciate the good things in life, and help cultivate patience. You might discover more about yourself, which may boost your self-esteem and make you more prepared for a healthy relationship.

What are the different ways that waiting for love quotes can help us in our daily lives?

Waiting for love quotes helps you think about what you want and need in a partner while searching for love. Make a list of qualities and core values that your ideal partner should possess.

How can we apply wait-for-love quotes in our relationships?

Waiting for love quotes in relationships focuses on not pressuring yourself to fall in love with your partner. It’s something that happens naturally when the time is right. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself or your future partner. Some things are out of our hands, and learning to accept that will make you much happier. Enjoy yourself now and focus on the things you can control.

What advice can we take away from waiting for love quotes?

Waiting for love quotes teaches us to be patient and take things slow. If you like someone but know you’re incompatible, it’s time to walk away. It can be tempting to think it might work, but when your gut tells you it won’t, don’t ignore it. Letting go of things that don’t make you happy can bring something better.

How can we use waiting-for-love quotes to strengthen our relationships?

By waiting for love, you learn what you want, what kind of a relationship you expect and most importantly how to manifest love that feels right. This helps you pick a strong and compatible partner and strengthens your relationship in the long run.

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